1.0DMY Philosophyhttps://www.dmy.info/endmy.infohttps://www.dmy.info/en/author/asdfg/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xL1lbsOPPi"><a href="https://www.dmy.info/en/pines-imitating-date-palm/">Pines imitating date palm</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dmy.info/en/pines-imitating-date-palm/embed/#?secret=xL1lbsOPPi" width="600" height="338" title="“Pines imitating date palm” — DMY Philosophy" data-secret="xL1lbsOPPi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.dmy.info/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.dmy.info/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/image-3.png1078519They are not laurels, nor palms, and certainly not date palms. These people are pines—strange men who have not been able to shed Eastern culture, nor fully embrace Western culture. Without knowing their own soil, they cannot become the right kind of tree. They cannot wield Fatih Sultan Mehmet without appreciating the Turkish general Belisarius. They do not know their own country; if they set out on a path, they would lose their way. In earlier writings, we criticized emulating the West, illustrating how Napoleon poisoned the Turks by urging them to try wearing a crown of laurels—a pursuit that