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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:12 am Post subject: Strain On US-Turkey Relations
We saw this coming too--damn we need an agent. lol
Turkey-US relations likely to be tested soon
Throughout the last decade foreign policy has always been a key part of Turkey’s agenda; however only since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) first came to power in November 2002 has foreign policy become highly visible in the discussions of the man on the street.
The European Union membership process and relations with neighboring Iraq, where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has found a safe haven, occupied a great deal of space on this agenda. These two particular issues have also been the focus of domestic debate between the ruling and opposition parties.
LINK _________________ Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
If Turkey weren't trying so hard to get into the EU, they might have a different attitude.
Even they recognize how much it can help though, so they are caught between a rock and a hard place. They realize an all out assault on northern Iraq could hurt their chances.
If Turkey decides to hell with the EU, I look for relations to go downhill fast. IMO. _________________ To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
Thomas Paine
It's impossible to be an effective leader of a country when everyone thinks you are stupid.
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