[knighthawk]

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Kuddos to Austria.

[2banana]

How about the illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus? Accounting for the Armenian genocide? The ethnic cleansing of all Greeks? Religious Freedom?

[Mount Athos]

Hooray for Austria.

Vienna, in Austria, is where invading muslim hordes were turned back hundreds of years ago, saving much of Europe.

[Sometimes A River]

Only the insane would allow Turkey admission into the EU.

And among the Insane are the British and Americans.

[Wiz]

Why is our government supporting Islamofascist Turkey for this. Let Turkey be isolated for the punishment what it has done for Iraq War.

[mad puppy]

"We are not afraid of difficult situations," she said. "There are limits, and we are about to explore them now."

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Thankfully SHE has the brass-ones to draw the line now. This 'difficult situation' isn't going away and will only get more difficult. Letting Turkey in would only make things worse, faster.

Besides, anytime a country threatens a group in order to gain membership, do you really think they should be allowed in.

[AntiGuv]

My personal view is that a nation should be European in order to qualify for membership in the European Union.....

[Alter Kaker]

This is a stupid move that frustrates the goals of the West in general and the Bush Administration in particular. The whole idea is to have a carrot and a stick -- if you sponsor terror we will destroy you, but if you embrace modern values and ideals, as Turkey has done, we will reward you. By refusing to allow by far the most modern Islamic state into the EU, a functioning capitalist democracy, Europe is sending the message that nothing Muslims do will be sufficient, and that message legitimizes the terrorists.

[dennisw]

Good for Austria ... more German than the Germans.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

AUSTRIA has pushed the European Union to the brink of a diplomatic crisis by refusing to drop its objections to Turkey's bid to become the first predominantly Muslim nation to be a full member of the European Union.

Good for them! Let's see how long they can hold out. Islam is at war with the world. NO Muslim country should be admitted into the EU. Once they get in they'll start to change things, make demands, make threats. You know it and I know it. And Austria knows it. Why doesn't the rest of the EU know it?

[Spirited]

This is an admirable action on the part of my grandparents' birthplace.

[Old Seadog]

Good for you, Austria.

[wayoverontheright]

I have some Austrian friends who live in Vienna. Vienna is currently inundated with ME immigrants. This whole debate for the Austrians is cultural. They have told me many times that their culture is not German. The German they speak is as different from that spoken in Berlin as the difference between British and American english.

Josef Haider nearly got elected purely on his promise to stop the unfettered immigration. Since then, we have had Madrid and London bombings. Austrians feel that allowing Turkey into the EU would take the decisions away from them as relates to immigration policy.

I cannot speak for Austrians in general, but I can tell you that the Viennese are not a multi-cultural lot, they dislike all Middle-Easterners, muslim or not. Italians, Americans, and others, including Germans, are treated cordially, but kept at a distance.

Austrians are not bad people at all, quite the contrary (my friends there are both pro-Iraq war, and pro-Bush), but they feel they have a distinct culture worth protecting; Shussel is doing what he has to in order to retain the vote of the people, IMHO.

[gitmogrunt]

Anything Jack Straw ,the mad bomber of belgrade wants should be denied.

Screw Turkey and Straw!

[Stultis]

Despite its EU ambitions, Turkey has threatened to turn its back if Vienna gets its way.

They should. The euro-racists have had them jumping through hoops with the promise of EU membership for decades now, and the Turks have done nothing but ask "how high?".

The Turks should tell the Euroweenies to take thier EU membership and shove it were the sun don't shine. They'll be better off in the long run. 'Course the Turks have plenty of issues they need to deal with, such as their dour, destructive anti-growth policies.

[wtc911]

the first predominantly Muslim nation to be a full member of the European Union.

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"Predominantly muslim"? CIA Fact Book says 99.8% muslim. And with a birth rate that is triple the mortality rate. Give these decidedly non-european muslims citizenship in the EU (no passports - no borders mobility) and every islamist with a death wish will route through the most recent caliphate to the streets of the west.

[reelfoot]

Cheers, Austria.

Hopefully, this is the first stand to turn the tide of Islamic immigration into Europe. It must be stopped and deportations begun if Europe is to survive. (I hope it's not too late already.)

[Rodney King]

Good news bump.

[Mr. Lucky]

God bless Austria.