To: seamole
>>Together with Turkey, we could have fought terror and fundamentalists, pacified the conquered lands and transformed their economies into modern trading powerhouses. <<
Not with the size of their muslim population.
If they were mostly Christian, at least in culture, it would be a grand possibility. But, alas, they ARE a muslim nation, even if technically secular in government (so was Iran). The country is a dead man walking, especially in this geopolitical environment.
127 posted on
03/03/2003 2:25:24 PM PST by
RobRoy
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