I have had discussions with Arab friends about the middle east. The culture there is so ingrained over centuries that it requires authoritarian dictators to keep the peace, otherwise the crazies will just destroy everything. It appears that it requires someone to willing to kill and torture for the factions to respect them.
There are no more Ottomans. To hold someone living in Istanbul responsible for crimes against humanity hundreds of years ago is unreasonable. We are not born with the sins of our fathers. We can condemn current policies of the Turkish government against its neighbors but we should not just treat Turkish people bad just based on historical wrongs.
