To: GeneD
French cheese and wine, German wine and cars, Belgian chocolate (ouch!). What to boycott from Turkey?
13 posted on
03/01/2003 1:57:30 PM PST by
etcetera
To: etcetera
What to boycott from Turkey? Hold off on Turkey. We may not know the full story yet.
But I'm glad I bought Pakistani dates the other day, considering the news of Ramzi Mohammed's capture there today. The dates are even good to eat. Yum.
To: etcetera
23 posted on
03/01/2003 2:39:10 PM PST by
nwrep
To: etcetera
Giblets?
37 posted on
03/01/2003 4:04:56 PM PST by
gitmo
(You know, I feel more now, like I did, than when I first got here.)
To: etcetera
Oh my, what shall we do for Thanksgiving?
To: etcetera
What to boycott from Turkey?
Just my opinion, but it might be good to "hold your fire" on Turkey.
While most Americans would (reasonably) think they are trying to extort us for
cooperating with our plans...
they voluntarily turned off a pipeline from Iraq during the Gulf War and have
paid a HIGH price for this for a decade (in the Billions of dollars).
Before they did this, Turkey had one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe/Middle East.
Plus, the sane Muslims in Turkey (most civilians, virtually all of their military)
are holding the line at keeping their country being taken over by a Taliban-type government.
(well documented on the PBS FrontLine special titled "Muslims" last year).
Let's put it this way...with the Turks, you go to the bazaar and haggle over money.
With Osama/Saddam/Talian, they just try to blow you up and/or wreck your country.
51 posted on
03/01/2003 6:15:10 PM PST by
VOA
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