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New Student in the Class
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26 Jul 2007 Thu 11:30 am |
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Howdy.
I just joined this forum a few days ago and wanted to introduce myself. I am an American soldier currently in Iraq. I've got a lot of downtime with my job, so I decided to try my hand at Turkish because a few of the contractors and merchants we deal with are Turks.
This site seems great for a beginner, and I look forward to learning something new here.
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26 Jul 2007 Thu 04:14 pm |
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hi howdy  I am really surprised to hear you say there are turkish merhchants and suppliers to the american army in iraq. My bf told me that turkey is against the iraq war, so why would they make money from it?
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26 Jul 2007 Thu 07:01 pm |
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Welcome to the site and I hope you manage to learn some Turkish (as difficult as it is  ) as there are many topics on here that end up taking up your time 
The lessons are very good tho' ............... and there are many helpful people here willing to translate or correct.
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28 Jul 2007 Sat 06:43 pm |
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Quoting Pink1983: hi howdy I am really surprised to hear you say there are turkish merhchants and suppliers to the american army in iraq. My bf told me that turkey is against the iraq war, so why would they make money from it?
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I guess it is about new establishment
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28 Jul 2007 Sat 10:26 pm |
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Quoting caliptrix: Quoting Pink1983: hi howdy I am really surprised to hear you say there are turkish merhchants and suppliers to the american army in iraq. My bf told me that turkey is against the iraq war, so why would they make money from it?
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I guess it is about new establishment |
Even though Turkey is against the war, they still have a vested interest. Remember, Turkey and the US have been allies for a long time now. Both countries need each other, like or not. They may not agree with the war, but US & Turkish soldiers have worked together on missions in Iraq in the past. So, it doesn't surprise me at all that there are suppliers.
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29 Jul 2007 Sun 12:18 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Quoting caliptrix: Quoting Pink1983: hi howdy I am really surprised to hear you say there are turkish merhchants and suppliers to the american army in iraq. My bf told me that turkey is against the iraq war, so why would they make money from it?
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I guess it is about new establishment |
Even though Turkey is against the war, they still have a vested interest. Remember, Turkey and the US have been allies for a long time now. Both countries need each other, like or not. They may not agree with the war, but US & Turkish soldiers have worked together on missions in Iraq in the past. So, it doesn't surprise me at all that there are suppliers. |
Fact of life is that many Western countries have a vested interest in various wars around the world, like it nor not, but the original poster is new to this site and I am sure he will not want his post to get embroiled in further war related issues. So please lets give him a welcome.
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29 Jul 2007 Sun 04:35 pm |
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Im new here to Libralady and think ill stick to the translation section cos it seems Im not welcome here either. I did welcome howdy but didnt see anyone else welcome him apart from you.
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29 Jul 2007 Sun 05:08 pm |
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Quoting Pink1983: Im new here to Libralady and think ill stick to the translation section cos it seems Im not welcome here either. I did welcome howdy but didnt see anyone else welcome him apart from you. |
I don't think that it means you are not welcome Pink (nor reklov77) but it doesn't happen that often here that people really introduce themselves and they are welcomed by others, just sometimes. Anyway: welcome! 
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30 Jul 2007 Mon 09:14 am |
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Quoting Pink1983: Im new here to Libralady and think ill stick to the translation section cos it seems Im not welcome here either. I did welcome howdy but didnt see anyone else welcome him apart from you. |
Unfortunately you 'buried' reklov77's post by talking about the war. Welcome to both of you - this is a great and very friendly site!
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30 Jul 2007 Mon 03:28 pm |
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Quoting lady in red: Quoting Pink1983: Im new here to Libralady and think ill stick to the translation section cos it seems Im not welcome here either. I did welcome howdy but didnt see anyone else welcome him apart from you. |
Unfortunately you 'buried' reklov77's post by talking about the war. Welcome to both of you - this is a great and very friendly site! |
I'm probably his/her biggest fan here, so please don't make this post anymore than it is. "Welcome reklov77, one American to the other".
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