Is Obama becoming twitchey about Turkey

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 21:45

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=eu-pushed-turkey-to-look-elsewhere-obama-says-2010-07-09



They wont be messed about for much longer,

Paul.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 21:53

Paul

' They wont be messed about for much longer, '



The damage has already been done. I have been predicting Turkey's move towards the Middle East and Russia for sometime now. The EU have missed a golden opportunity but Turkey have missed nothing.

AJ

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 22:10

Europe's reluctance is a blessing in disguise. I am happy with it. The population of Europe is getting very old and soon they will not afford to pay their pensioners a decent wage.

ismet

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 22:16

With the state of Europe at the moment , who in their right mind would be trying too hard to join the EU club?

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 16:52

Should be done and duste by the end of 2010 anyway,

Paul.

measey


Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 1037

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 17:11

Paul.should be done and duste by end of 2010 agree hears to the future.



Measey.

andre 514


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 1163

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 22:27

it was a us concern for generations that turkey may end political co-operation

even though turkey helped found nato and fought in korea



for nearly as long, the usa has tried to persuade the eu to let turkey join in,

which is scarcely its gift anyway



now we are told turkey is pushed into an unholy alliance with the I R Iran

equally it appears that israel finds itself unable to avoid a differently-unholy alliance:

a co-operation agreement with the unrepresentative southern zone of cyprus



cause and effect...or is it?



turkey enjoyed expanding free trade with the eu for yonks and none of that will be sacrificed

neither will its forty billion dollar trade with its bigger partner the russian federation,

whatever lavrov duly intoned last month about no "suffocating timeframes" for a cyprus deal



and for israel it said it found the pocket of a dead suicide bomber stuffed with euros,

but now a small chink opens to the eu via the greek cypriot entity and opportunity knocks..