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To: EternalHope
The friendship is not on hold. It is OVER. ""

Yeah, we all feel the same way. But then you have to face reality.
4 posted on 03/27/2003 5:32:53 PM PST by Paraclete
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To: Paraclete
But then you have to face reality.

D'oh! Don't you hate it when that happens?

5 posted on 03/27/2003 5:34:09 PM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: Paraclete
The friendship is not on hold. It is OVER.

Yeah, we all feel the same way. But then you have to face reality.

The reality is that the friendship is OVER. To say that we must somehow pretend otherwise because of "reality" is to ignore the truth. We did not seek this reality, but it is nevertheless very real.

The task now is to redefine the relationship in ways that minimize the damage, avoid war, and yet nevertheless recognize reality. An inescapable part of today's reality is that Turkey is most definitely NOT a friend.

Only a fool would build a new relationship around the assumption that the Turks are our friends. At best we will have a formally "correct", arms length relationship. The diplomats will smile and pretend, but both sides know the Turks stuck a knife in our back. It left a scar that will never go away.

It is an undeniable fact that the United States cannot trust Turkey. This is reality.

30 posted on 03/27/2003 7:05:58 PM PST by EternalHope (Chirac is funny, France is a joke.)
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