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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:24:10 GMT, "Alan" <alan@ebenchmarks.com> wrote:

>"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> What's this about "Saving Turkey.." .  Turkey is posed to enter the EU
>> has just had one of many free elections of a reform leadership.
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>You missed the main point.
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>As for Turkey, don't tell me that the US isn't working behind the scenes to
>shore up moderate support against the new religious government.
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>Fact is, ancient Kurdistan includes parts of Turkey.  Our NATO and EU
>"friend" has no intention of self-determination for the Kurds.

I read the bones differently.
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>> I suggest you read the recent issue of the "Economist" on Turkey and
>> Europe.
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><blink>  Why?  Most of what the Economist writes is economic claptrap,
>bigoted, biased, and pompous.

Far more free market than any news magazine published here and  better
international reporting is not found.

>I'm not saying anyone else is a whole lot better, though.

Better than anything published here. 

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>> Besides look for the Kurds to come up with a homeland in the north of
>> a smaller Iraq next year.  They aren't equipping upwards of a 100,000
>> light infantry for drill.
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>Sure.  But part of Turkey is really part of Kurdistan. Not a lot, but part.

And deals can be made.

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