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2006-01-05 Europe

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-05 02:58|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That's good thinking on Turkey's part, since all of Turkey is withing range of Iran's current missile stocks. Will this give them access to the new missile defense systems? Or do they already have all that shit since they are in NATO? I'm really glad the EU snubbed those guys.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-05 07:55|| 2006-01-05 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how much we paid for the access rights? I start the bidding at $3 billion.

Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2006-01-05 08:01|| 2006-01-05 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I do hope we didn't pay anything, rather Turkey recognized its own interests as coinciding with the U.S. in this matter.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-05 09:37|| 2006-01-05 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Our tax dollars at work.
At least it shows that we are posturing to take action against Iran. It won't slow them down, but I'll sleep sounder.

Posted by wxjames 2006-01-05 09:38|| 2006-01-05 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Turkey needs to reevaluate their future.

They will never get into the EU, so what is left?

Turkey should get UN permission and blessing to handle Syria and then conquer them. This would put them in position to make some decisions regarding Syrian Kurds and make them heros of the west for dealing with Syria so the west didn't have to.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-01-05 11:10|| 2006-01-05 11:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Didn't they quietly agree to join a US-led effort against Saddam? That certainly worked out well in the end. I think the only thing that Yippy Er'Dogman has ever shown anyone is that he can't be trusted.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-05 11:17|| 2006-01-05 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Funny how a strong sense of self-preservation eventually kicks in, even with the most useless of allies. Had this happened six months ago, I'd be inclined towards a more generous assessment of Turkish statecraft. As it is, this is merely another BGO (Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious). Less secular Arab nations (and the ever-dithering Europe) will just have to find out the hard way when it comes to the price paid for letting Iran go nuclear. This is one of the biggest diplomatic no-brainers in recent history.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-05 11:27|| 2006-01-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#8 If Turkey was smart they would have worked with the US long ago. US prepares for an invasion of Iraq from the South while Turkey invades from the North and takes over the entire place. Repeat in Syria with Israel acting to draw forces South.

No, much better to wait for the French to suddenly love them.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-01-05 12:24|| 2006-01-05 12:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Unaware of the effects of a new weapon, called the Negatronic beam, jointly developed by the US & Israel, Iranian strongman Ahmadisnutz made his daily greeting to his lackeys and hangers-on...

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Posted by BigEd 2006-01-05 15:30|| 2006-01-05 15:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Turkey joins US? Extremely wishful thinking, I'm afraid.
Iran, like Iraq, is a moslem, fraternal country for moslem Turkey (does anybody of you remember 2003 and how Turks dealt with you?) with sizeable Kurd minority, longing, like their brothers in Iraq and Turkey, for independence for decades.

Posted by Matt K. 2006-01-05 23:07|| 2006-01-05 23:07|| Front Page Top

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