Brenus, your rebuttals read much like the Turkish responses to accusations about their conduct in the Kurdish areas. Denial and disparaging remarks about the reporting. Fair enough, I have derailed this thread enough already.

My point is not to defend the Turkish responses against the PKK and Kurds, but to challenge claims put forward in posts like this:

Quote Originally Posted by Brenus
We had terrorist action from so-called Ethnic minorities. I don’t remember the Foreign Legion starting to burn the villages supported by the attack helicopters, or burning crops and killing livestock… A police operation has as aim to bring outlaws in court…
I agree with the last sentence, of course. Nonetheless, many other countries, including yours, have taken brutal counter-measures against insurgencies. It is hard for us to point fingers and look aghast when our own actions belie our words.