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To: Texas Fossil

Not to be pedantic, but the Armenian genocide was, to a large extent, committed by Kurds under Ottoman direction.


22 posted on 03/21/2018 1:55:07 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Cronos

See # 25; Wikipedia (FWIW) seems to link them to Iranians linguistically instead.


26 posted on 03/21/2018 4:27:58 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Cronos
Yes. That is largely correct. But some Kurds tried to help them escape at great risk. Some of the Alevi muslims did that.

And long ago, they admitted the involvement and have worked honorably with Armenians. The Kurds have received some of the same treatment the Armenians received.

A number of people here believe that the Kurds are in fact descendants of the Medes. Again, I not sure it is quite that simple. I think like most countries the mixture of races is pretty large. With the advent of DNA testing it is easier to appreciate that. Amazing technology, hope it is not mis-applied.

Many Kurds claim to be sons of Jonah. Not sure how I feel about that.

31 posted on 03/21/2018 8:15:09 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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