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U.S. WORRIED IT WILL BE SHUT OUT OF TURKEY | |
2004-11-27 | |
The United States has been concerned that its defense firms would be excluded from Turkey's attack helicopter project.
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Posted by:Fred |
#12 I just wonder what they're going to do once they figure out that they are never going to be allowed to join the EU. What I'm curious about is how long they'll allow themselves to be bamboozled into thinking that it'll actually happen. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-27 10:06:47 PM |
#11 It's a holiday Db, it's allowed. |
Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-27 5:51:38 PM |
#10 Good God, I'm agreeing with Aris! Never thought I would ever type that, btw..... I just wonder what they're going to do once they figure out that they are never going to be allowed to join the EU. |
Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-11-27 5:24:50 PM |
#9 When are the members of our government going to get a clue that the Turkey of today is not the Turkey of yesterday??? True. I mean the Turkeys of yesterday massacred the Armenians, was on the German side in WW1, stayed neutral in WW2, oppressed the Kurds and invaded Cyrpus, while the Turkey of today ohmigod didn't let American troops pass through its soil. Plural intentional btw. |
Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-11-27 4:04:19 PM |
#8 RWV - I believe that moment of truth came when the Turkish military allowed the Turkish Parliament to vote down their stalwart NATO ally the simple traditional "right of passage" to enter Iraq. We're just now getting around to correcting the "insurgency" that situation allowed to become established. I'd call it a fait accomplis. They are not just anti-war, they're on the other side. I attribute hundreds of American dead to Turkey's betrayal. Q.E.D. |
Posted by: .com 2004-11-27 12:54:14 PM |
#7 On a more serious note, the truly troubling thing about events in Turkey is the infiltration of the Turkish military by militant Islam. The Turkish Army has been the bulwark of secularism and the forces of modernization of the state since Attaturk. If the Army becomes Islamic, then Turkey will become just another Mideastern backwater. |
Posted by: RWV 2004-11-27 12:43:48 PM |
#6 Turkey will be admitted to the EU once it renounces Islam, all its citizens convert to Christianity, it moves its capital to Constantinople, and says pretty please. |
Posted by: RWV 2004-11-27 12:39:51 PM |
#5 I'm frightened of being denied entrace to New Jersey. |
Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-27 12:29:56 PM |
#4 Chirac's cabal has these goofs in the bag - no telling just how many different deals are part of the game. Suckers. |
Posted by: .com 2004-11-27 11:09:47 AM |
#3 I guess I should be glad they are buying their equipment from the French. Maybe we can convince them to purchase a few aircraft carriers from them too. |
Posted by: 2b 2004-11-27 10:35:48 AM |
#2 Relax, 2b. All this is is a defense |
Posted by: N Guard 2004-11-27 9:43:49 AM |
#1 pretending that the Turks are anything but our enemies, and arming them, is a mistake of the magnitude of arming Sadaam Hussein. When are the members of our government going to get a clue that the Turkey of today is not the Turkey of yesterday??? It's like foreign countries dealing with US under GW the same way they dealt with us under Clinton or Carter. It's stupid, ignorant and foolish to do so. 3.9 billion is peanuts compared to what it's going to cost to deal with these backstabbing, lying, two-faced, Chirac-wannabes in the future. We don't need to cut off relations, and we can still shake hands and kiss cheeks - but be sure to wash your hands and shower well immediately afterward. Arm the "good" Kurds and treat the current leaders of Turkey as what they are, Islamist enemies. |
Posted by: 2b 2004-11-27 8:41:19 AM |