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@Jeem196 Your thoughts? I made you in the past this argument.

[Blitz @LebBlitz]

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Ever wonder how we went from a “Rûm nation” proud of its Greek roots and language to a sect that sees itself as just Arab Christian tribes?
That shift wasn’t accidental, it was the outcome of a political struggle aimed at reshaping our identity.

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Ever wonder how we went from a “Rûm nation” proud of its Greek roots and language to a sect that sees itself as just Arab Christian tribes?
That shift wasn’t accidental, it was the outcome of a political struggle aimed at reshaping our identity.

[Henry Gao @henrysgao]

The most significant takeaway from the summit went virtually unnoticed in mainstream coverage: the historical documents presented are considered deeply humiliating in Chinese diplomatic memory.

1. The 1844 Treaty of Wanghia—despite its official title, “Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce between the US and China”—is widely regarded in China as the first unequal treaty between the US and China. The 1858 Treaty of Tientsin is viewed in much the same way.

2. “The 1895 letter from the Guangxu Emperor to President Grover Cleveland” is equally revealing. The letter formally thanked Charles Denby, the American Minister in Beijing who mediated negotiations during the First Sino-Japanese War. Yet Denby pressured the Qing court into accepting the catastrophic Treaty of Shimonoseki—a settlement largely drafted by his son, which ceded Taiwan to Japan and remains a central pillar of China's "Century of Humiliation."

3. Most striking of all was the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco. As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated last November, the treaty excluded major WWII Allies such as the PRC and the Soviet Union in order to conclude a separate peace with Japan. She argued that it violated the 1942 Declaration by United Nations, the UN Charter, and fundamental principles of international law. Accordingly, Beijing maintains that any provisions in the treaty concerning Taiwan or China's territorial sovereignty are "entirely illegal and null and void."

In Beijing’s eyes, Trump displaying these documents wasn't a casual history lesson—it was a menacing preview of the kind of capitulation Washington expects next.

No wonder you won't see a single word about them in Chinese state media.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Trump administration prepares 90-day total diesel export ban, with Trump inclined to announce it by the end of the week, per Politico.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright called energy CEOs on Tuesday night to tell them a 90-day ban was coming in the coming days, and a number of them immediately called the White House to push back. One oil industry executive who has discussed the ban with senior White House officials says Trump would consider any blowback and consequences "a December problem."

An external adviser to the administration says there has been "a bunch of frantic outreach" searching for alternatives and calls the ban "a terrible idea," yet Trump is expecting to proceed anyways.

It would be the first US diesel export ban in history, and Europe would be hit hardest as the biggest customer of the world's largest diesel exporter, with Russia, the second largest, already halted. US diesel is at a record $6.53 a gallon.

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@arisroussinos ...Greek is a late 19th early 20th century propaganda.

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@arisroussinos The history about Arvanites being Greek as well Aromanians predate the Greek Revolution. It has nothing to do with the Greek state which always had difficulty to to promote the Greek identity in any meaningful way. In fact, the invention of those 2 populations not being...

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Now bill for unbuilt CalMac ferries rises by £20m amid further delays at Turkish shipyard https://t.co/ZgbeQ2Rrmd

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@realblackpill @SohrabAhmari Pretty much yeah. That's why the medium will die

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@keslovar @SohrabAhmari 'I feel bad for something. Wow Christian. ' That's the level we are dealing. Meanwhile, the messaging of the poem is Christian, the message of the film isn't.

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@manolisgiz @NikolaosSampat1 Ποτε ξεκιναει το εξαμηνο; Ποτε η εξεταστικη περιοδος; Μοναχα το παπει ειναι μονιμα χαβουζα για 'πολιτιστικους' σκοπους.

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@autoxrator No, that's an Alexander the Great move

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@Krasaki_Tsou Collateral

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@retsinokinitoc If it only meant in the beginning then in Greek it should be written something like ''Κατ'αρχάς'' and not ''Εν αρχή''.

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@KortigTepe @sadbathy You can't even admit that the Greeks were the inhabitants. Again, you use a word you heard without knowing what it is. You just try to erase the Greeks from their historic lands so the genocide your people did to be permanently successful. A never ending plunder and rape.

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@KortigTepe @sadbathy The Turks are a completely allien entity to the 'Anatolians'.

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@KortigTepe @sadbathy The luwians were a non entity. A collection of states under occupation most of them with the majority being Greeks. It's why they merged so easily. The luwian culture is the Greek culture. They were also at war with the Hittites and asked constant help from mainland Greece.

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@KortigTepe @sadbathy The campaigns were supportive for the most part againstthe Hittites. The Iliad describes a Greek prince Alexander( Paris ) who tore down the Greek traditions and it's consequences. Did they have foreign allies? Yes, but was looked as a weakness from the rest of the Greeks.