So telling the rookie that an Ottoman square-formation of innacurate musketeers or lancers is walking towards him puts no greater pressure on his neck than a platoon of care-bears would, while a black van of death full of scary armed guys stopping right in front of him is a little more motivational. That's why I suppose the BBC has an example of a sarge talking about blacks but not about Turks. The only example with Turks would be Turkey shoot, be it the old Ottomans or an unarmed angry mob of young rioters, unless the guy wants to cause a diplomatic incident and go direct for the "there are Turkish soldiers from the Turkish armed forces right in front of you, now shoot them".
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"Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand
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