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2005-06-13 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-13 14:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We should at this point befriend turkey. They will be looking for a pal and we can use them to drive a wedge right through europe. That would provide hours upon hours of entertainment for me and probably millions of others.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-13 15:23|| 2005-06-13 15:23|| Front Page Top

#2 LOL! A supreme moment for Spembles everywhere, the Dutch euthanize a still viable treaty.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-13 15:27|| 2005-06-13 15:27|| Front Page Top

#3 bigjim-ky - Nice idea, but I don't trust Turkey not to stab us in the back again the moment that whore France bats their eyes at them again.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-06-13 15:53|| http://www.punictreachery.com]">[http://www.punictreachery.com] 2005-06-13 15:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's not befriend Turkey. Instead, let's remind them quietly that this is what happens when they stab a true friend in the back. Then remind them that should they ever have a good friend again in the future that they should take better care.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-06-13 16:39|| 2005-06-13 16:39|| Front Page Top

#5 This smacks of Europhile propaganda. It's a 'C' word, for starters... Those using the 'T' word are those who would slip the contents through without putting it to the public vote,

Posted by Bulldog ">Bulldog 2005-06-13 19:04|| 2005-06-13 19:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's not befriend Turkey. Instead, let's remind them quietly that this is what happens when they stab a true friend in the back. Then remind them that should they ever have a good friend again in the future that they should take better care.

Turkey occupies a strategic position geographically, with regard to scarce water resources and at the edge of the Islamic ex-Soviet republics we are courting. They also control the Bosphorus.

Trust, but verify.

Posted by too true 2005-06-13 19:44|| 2005-06-13 19:44|| Front Page Top

#7 I think they are all made for each other. We should do what we can to make life more complicated for all of them. Act like a friend when it suits us, but avoid entangling alliances...I vaguely recall an older and more astute generation suggesting that.

Posted by WITT 2005-06-13 21:18|| 2005-06-13 21:18|| Front Page Top

#8 First item on the summit agenda will be the lecture, 5 sneaky ways to ratify treaties without the consent of the people. 2nd up will be a moving and nostalgic look at Adolph. Next up, lunch, of course! Jacques is up with a speech entitled, We Shall Eat Cake...after our lobster bisque, filet mingion, and shallot potatoes with curly carrots julianne.

Posted by 2b 2005-06-13 23:35|| 2005-06-13 23:35|| Front Page Top

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