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BoomaofBandM

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8. I was a foreign exchange student in Turkey in 1976.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:24 PM

Apr 13

There was a war alert with Greece while I was there. They shrugged and said it has always been so. It is a volatile area of the world. If I learned much that summer. It was a different world, and yet kind of the same.

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The Middle East is becoming a mess! [View all] imanamerican63 Apr 13 OP

When HASn't it been? elleng Apr 13 #1

Becoming??? NoRethugFriends Apr 13 #2

WHAT???? Traildogbob Apr 13 #3

Both Ivanka and Kushner were unpaid. former9thward Apr 13 #10

Right Traildogbob Apr 14 #13

It's Always Been A Mess Deep State Witch Apr 13 #4

Ha!!! So true!!!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Apr 13 #9

I'm old enough to remember John Stewart 1.0 calling it Mess-o-potamia TomDaisy Apr 13 #5

Becoming? When wasn't it a mess? Ocelot II Apr 13 #6

Plot twist? Sneederbunk Apr 13 #7

I was a foreign exchange student in Turkey in 1976. BoomaofBandM Apr 13 #8

It's what happens when you base government policy on collections of bad novelettes. nt Gore1FL Apr 13 #11

It's been a mess since the Bronze Age... Wounded Bear Apr 13 #12