2017-09-29 10:12 Empire / Hun
last night watched a movie in Turkey, translation of "Mountain", about a group of Turkish special forces, to the south of "problem areas" The story of saving the hostages.
In modern times, Kurds, a transnational ethnic group in southern Turkey and northern Iraq, have been seeking independence.
This is the origin of the "problem zone".
One of the crimes that Saddam was accused of was ordering the use of chemical weapons against Kurds who were struggling for independence.
Historically, Kurds have had poor luck. The Arabs, Turks, and Persians in the Middle East have established empires in different periods and have all been interested, and they seem to have always been vassals of others.
Under different imperial systems, this nation has produced outstanding generals, brave warriors, devout believers, and shrewd merchants, but it has failed politically and has no country of its own.
After the First World War, the Ottoman Empire, which was allied with Germany, collapsed. The young officer Kemal led a revolution, established the modern Turkish state, and inherited most of the empire's legacy.
On the territory of the original empire, some ethnic groups have gained autonomy and others have gone out independently, but the Kurds are not so lucky.
The Turkish state says that you are not from another ethnic group, but Turks living in the mountains do not need to be independent. The difference between you and us is that you have forgotten your native language, Turkish.
Be patient and make up lessons.
This logic is very complicated.
The movie itself has little meaning and is very routine.
In a movie of the same type, American special forces rescue female doctors and fight inhumane rebels in the jungles of Nigeria. French special forces rescued female reporters and beat the Taliban on the mountains of Afghanistan.
We also have "War Wolf 2", rebels, terrorists, mercenaries, all kinds of fights, one person saves a large group of people.
Turkey is playing "ISIS" (ISIS).
In connection with the general political situation in the recent period, the foundation of fundamentalism, the future of secularization, the nation, the populism, etc., this Turkish movie has a more complicated discussion space than military culture and humanitarianism.
In a detail in the film, the soldiers rescued the Turkish female journalist and wanted to evacuate quickly.
The female reporter refused and asked, my assistant is still in danger, why didn't he save it? Just because they are not Turks?
A bit similar to "Wolf Warrior 2", let the Chinese go first, or let the ladies, children, and the elderly go first.
A Turkish soldier replied, I don’t care who you are, or your articles or your political views. I just follow the order to complete a task, nothing more.
This is of course also a way of thinking, but this explanation cannot answer the question of a female reporter.
Since then, female journalists have repeatedly questioned the moral foundation of their military professionalism and values.
Halfway through, I saw IS killing Kurdish civilians again. A woman had been doused with gasoline, and the terrorists took out a lighter.
A Turkish soldier said to the officer, if I don’t fucking do anything, I will doubt my three views! Do you want to do it?
The officer thought for a while and said, let's do it.
So he started to kill this group of IS and rescued civilians.
The female reporter's mood stabilized a little, thinking that the soldiers would return to the humanitarian side when they lost their way.
She again suggested that she would try her best to save more people.
The female reporter said, look, these Kurds, they are part of us.
Here are the Turkish version of political rules.
At this time, another Turkish soldier said, yes, they are part of us, but there are too many "parts" like this. If we take care of them one by one, we will have to walk all the way to the Altai Mountains.
Arrived in Xinjiang.
Seeing this, I made a wry smile.
This is the so-called "Great Turkic" consciousness.
Sure enough, all the troublesome issues are similar. In essence, people insist on separating us from them.
Can you actually make it clear?
Thinking of reading "The Prairie Empire" by the legal person Grusser before, I read it without understanding, and I am confused. What is the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, north of the settlement, farming, and urban civilization, from the Far East to the edge of the eastern European prairie, so many ethnic groups have risen and fallen. Talking about ancestry was too messy, so I had to talk about language, separating the "Mongolian" system, the "Turkic system" and so on, and finally found that it was also chaotic.
However, people like to talk about "nation", there is no way.
"Non-my race" is a stubborn way of thinking. In ancient times, it might be necessary, but I don’t know what the future will be.
Looking down on the history of civilization from the perspective of a "nation" really has a sense of grandeur and is suitable for political lyricism.
For example, speaking of the two Han dynasties hitting the Huns, they beat the Huns far away, went all the way to the west, recuperating along the way, and finally came out with Attila the Hun, the "Whip of God", which made the Roman Empire tremble and bowed.
In the end, they pressed the Germanic barbarians in the north to go south and smashed the Roman Empire.
How many Chinese people were in Han Dynasty?
For example, Speaking of Tang Taizong, Gaozong, Xuanzong, fighting the Turks, assimilating a part, expelling a part, fighting the Turks all the way to the west, without knowing the end, one of the small tribes, tossing and turning, first served as a mercenary for the Arabs. Later, it flourished, lay a huge territory and created an Ottoman Empire.
So, how many Chinese people were in the Tang Dynasty?
These imaginations are fascinating, but very suspicious.
Therefore, it is just political lyricism.
The real danger is that under the majesty of the "nation", people are obsessed with killing by force and great leaders.
A "too old" way of thinking.
Speaking of the "Prairie Empire", isn't there another generation of Tianjiao, Genghis Khan?
Pessimists say that perhaps only "science fiction thinking" can restrain these ancient worships and impulses.
From the perspective of the universe, what are their territories and conquests?
In the shadow of this danger, Turkey and China met ambiguous eyes.
Back then, the two elder empires, under the impact of Western modern civilization, one became the "sick man of East Asia" and the other became the "sick man of West Asia". Now, they are about to "great rejuvenation."
There are folk songs in Turkey. I shot an arrow from the Great Wall of China and flew to the clock tower in Vienna.
How can we forget the historical glory of the "Great Turkic people"?
Then, as if facing a major enemy, China severely cracked down on "East Turkistan" terrorism.
If civilization's chronic diseases are not eliminated, all the troubles will be twisted together and eventually trap everyone.
Can you be optimistic?
really do not know.
If the personnel are not up to date, it is up to fate.
Trouble, perhaps, under the Tower of Babel, which has never been built, the moment God disrupted people's language and made them separate and dispersed.
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