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Turkey Minister Admits "We were badly mistaken' (My title)
Turkish Daily News ^ | 3/24/2003

Posted on 03/23/2003 11:03:10 PM PST by Colorado Doug

Historic admission SABAH said: "Former foreign minister Yasar Yakis recounts the financial aid shock the USA has given the AK Party: "We thought that America was compelled to get our support. We never believed that America had a Plan B. We were badly mistaken'."

(Excerpt) Read more at turkishdailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oops; turkeyiraq
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To: Noumenon
Plan D is we ignore them, completely.

All that fat American aid dries up, all that tourism....

Oh and those thousand Turkish 'Special Forces' in Iraq, well sorry but they were vaporised in a 'friendly fire' incident.

Regards,

L

21 posted on 03/23/2003 11:31:52 PM PST by Lurker (When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you.)
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To: swheats
"Turkey really should listen to Bush. He means what he says, a rare quality"

You forget that most of the world--including America--has been conditioned by eight years of Clintoon.

22 posted on 03/23/2003 11:32:07 PM PST by SpyGuy
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To: Ev; AntiJen
Thank you for the welcomes. I'll also relay your thanks to my husband.
23 posted on 03/23/2003 11:35:53 PM PST by SaucyCranberry (Proud Military Wife and Newbie FR Poster)
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To: Diogenesis
I have said over and over again on this very forum, that turkey is no allie of this country. They just wanted our money and if they thought they could get more from France and Germany, they would drop us like a hot potato.

Oh, yeah, we needed a base there,cold war and all... but no more.

We will work with the Kurds and maybe they will have their own country at last... and turkey can be just what a TURKEY is, dumbest bird in the world.

24 posted on 03/23/2003 11:46:29 PM PST by crazykatz
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To: SaucyCranberry
Howdy and welcome !!
25 posted on 03/23/2003 11:48:29 PM PST by crazykatz
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To: Lurker
Yep - cous cous happens, doesn't it?
26 posted on 03/24/2003 12:07:13 AM PST by Noumenon (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality - Ayn Rand)
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To: crazykatz
It was reported that CHirac was openly undermining the US with Turkey and actively trying to sabotage any deals with the Turks. He did, it worked. Now what?
27 posted on 03/24/2003 12:24:51 AM PST by wingnuts'nbolts (I see the world and my surroundings in a new light and I still hate all things Clinton)
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To: AF68
Well said.
28 posted on 03/24/2003 12:25:56 AM PST by Reb Raider
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To: Lurker
Greetings, Lurker... Been a while...

the infowarrior

29 posted on 03/24/2003 12:48:08 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: Colorado Doug
I can't find these comments anywhere in the link you provided. Is it possible that it was yesterday's turkish headlines?
30 posted on 03/24/2003 2:13:41 AM PST by Schnucki
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To: Colorado Doug
I've found the quote, here, by the way.
31 posted on 03/24/2003 2:16:15 AM PST by Schnucki
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To: Colorado Doug
Turkey badly played its hand. Now they realize that even their tourist income is going up in smoke. They are appealing to the EU for support - but with friends like the French, they can't/shouldn't expect much. Now, their excursions into N. Iraq to intercept the Kurds is a disastrous blunder. Their voice in a post-Saddam Iraq is all but shot down the drain. What a series of incredible blunders!
32 posted on 03/24/2003 2:19:33 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (God Bless the arsenal of liberty.)
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To: Colorado Doug
Yeppers, It looks like their attempted blackmail is going to result in their own little "west bank" right on their border.Could'nt happen to a nicer bunch.
33 posted on 03/24/2003 4:11:21 AM PST by zygoat
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To: Mister Magoo
>>>>>>>>>>If you've ever done business with the Turks, you'll soon find that while that are generally good guys, they will negotiate you to the point of exhaustion. And then, when you think the deal is done, they'll retrade you one last time.<<<<<<<<<

Obviously, they didn't understand what it was like to "negotiate" with G. W. Bush!!!

AMF you Turks

34 posted on 03/24/2003 4:13:30 AM PST by irish guard
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To: irish guard
Their goose is cooked...


35 posted on 03/24/2003 4:16:05 AM PST by ALS
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To: Colorado Doug
That is an extremely misleading title you put up for this thread. In the article the Turks are NOT admitting to having made a mistake. They are still slithering around, misquoting the U.S., trying to twist the words of the U.S. to give them permission to invade Iraq even though the President says very plainly "NO" invasion of ANY Turks acceptable.

They first deny, then admit, then deny, then admit that they have already moved troops into northern Iraq....and their goal is control of the northern Iraq oil fields. They are determined to cannibalize Iraq, and the U.S. is determined to maintain the integrity of Iraq's borders, and Iraq's resources for Iraq's people, including the Iraqi Kurds, Turkomens, etc, etc.

The Turkish government and the Turkish military have revealed themselves to be treacherous, deceitful, duplicitous, greedy and showing complete contempt for the security of the U.S. military.

There is NO difference in character between Turkey and France.
36 posted on 03/24/2003 6:47:29 AM PST by WaterDragon (Playing possum doesn't work against nukes.)
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To: SaucyCranberry
Welcome aboard from a grown-up Army brat.
37 posted on 03/24/2003 6:55:32 AM PST by FreedomPoster
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To: Colorado Doug
"Historic admission SABAH said: "Former foreign minister Yasar Yakis recounts the financial aid shock the USA has given the AK Party: "We thought that America was compelled to get our support. We never believed that America had a Plan B. We were badly mistaken'."

I read through the article twice, and your quote above is nowhere in this article!

38 posted on 03/24/2003 6:55:55 AM PST by WaterDragon (Playing possum doesn't work against nukes.)
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To: a_Turk
Bump.
39 posted on 03/24/2003 6:57:51 AM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: dasboot
The "Baath baddies" have thousands of miles of porous boundaries to slip through. The border with Turkey is relatively short.

The Turks are after the northern Iraq oil fields. They practically admit as much in the article posted. Everything else they say is a cover-up for that.
40 posted on 03/24/2003 6:58:56 AM PST by WaterDragon (Playing possum doesn't work against nukes.)
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