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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Turkey-PKK conflict highlights American arrogance » Politics » the Pioneer | Whitman news, delivered.

"Turkey-PKK conflict highlights American arrogance By Emily Percival

For those of us who perceive a growing arrogance in American culture, itself exposed by the very term “American”—aren’t Canadians from America, too? And Mexicans and, oh yeah, there’s a whole continent down there somewhere bearing the same name—for those of us who spend more time wincing at the image of the “American” than rejoicing in it, the conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) highlights exactly the type self-righteous behavior that has served as the marker of the current administration."

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