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As much as Aussies and Kiwi's beleve in a fair go for all, I often wonder if it is in our national idiom to forgive an invader as the Turks have done
GentlemenThanks for sharing and the history lesson....Mark
Respect...
(snipped) In 1934 Atatürk wrote a tribute to the Anzacs killed at Gallipoli:Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.(snipped)What beautiful words. It's hard for me to accept that they came from a muslim. I worked with them for 4 yrs. in Saudi Arabia and the above is so completely uncharacteristic. This man was an aberration. God bless him.
Thanks, your family history adds to the impact of reading about that war.I was just reading about Gallipoli yesterday. Staggering amount of killed and wounded.
Compared to the loss of life on the Western front the Dardanelles campaign was a drop in the ocean. etc.Pete
Hiya JohnrHad ANZAC Day with ex pat vets, and Thai military in Northern Thailand..
Quote from: pete mcgee on April 25, 2015, 04:18:18 AM(snipped) What beautiful words. It's hard for me to accept that they came from a muslim. I worked with them for 4 yrs. in Saudi Arabia and the above is so completely uncharacteristic. This man was an aberration. God bless him.
(snipped) What beautiful words. It's hard for me to accept that they came from a muslim. I worked with them for 4 yrs. in Saudi Arabia and the above is so completely uncharacteristic. This man was an aberration. God bless him.
ANZAC Day is normally referring to the terrible disaster encountered by Allied Forces against the Ottomans at the strategic Gallipoli Peninsula as has been pointed out. Only Newfoundland, an independent dominion at the time, had North American troops involved there.This military operation became infamous and was a black mark on the career of its primary architect, Winston Churchill.http://www.history.com/news/winston-churchills-world-war-disaster