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2011-06-21 The Grand Turk

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Posted by ryuge 2011-06-21 06:41|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 This is the same diplomatic powerhouse which can't find any Farsi speakers to send to Iran, the military colossus who cringed from the Russian invasion of Georgia on its northern border in 2008 and is now quailing in the face of a small humanitarian crisis on its southern border?

Ferguson should talk to somebody other than the apparent coven of Erdogan drones blustering in his ear. That article reads like an AKP press release generously adorned with the spoils of a cursory raid on the Balkan history pages of Wikipedia.

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-06-21 17:18|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-06-21 17:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Back in the mid90s I had a chance encounter with a man who had recently left a senior government position. His comment was that Turkish power in the middle east would flow from, among other things, their potential control over rivers that bring badly needed water to several neighboring countries. They're not likely to use that overtly, but it is an added incentive to fellow Muslims to accept Turkish leadership as NATO completes its atrophy and the EU has clearly rejected Turkish membership.

Posted by lotp 2011-06-21 19:52|| 2011-06-21 19:52|| Front Page Top

#3 "the EU has clearly rejected Turkish membership"

Which is about the only smart thing they've done lately.

Posted by Barbara 2011-06-21 20:23|| 2011-06-21 20:23|| Front Page Top

#4 See also WAFF > A TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR TURKEY?, vee the Kurds.

As for EU, ABOVE ARTIC = denotes that Turkey W-I-L-L have to chose between granting KURDISH AUTONOMY = POSSIBLE INDEPENDENCE?; or else make some kind of peaceful accomodation wid the Kurds while WITHDRAWING ITS MILFORS FROM CYPRUS. THERE IS NO THIRD OPTION [interim] FOR TURKEY???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-06-21 21:53|| 2011-06-21 21:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Furniture - perhaps, Turkey - very unlikely.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-06-21 22:17|| 2011-06-21 22:17|| Front Page Top

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