>>>I find it interesting though when people say American's don't care about the world.
>>>Hey just excatly how much money does your country owe ours? Perhaps if America cut off all the financial aid we give to Turkey you would change your view.... and hey if you guys hate us so much why do you keep accepting stuff from us?
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>>Hmmmm, financial aid ?? Isn't this more of a deal to hire/bribe turkeys services for a gateway to the middle east? You have to ask yourself the question.. Is the USA playing santa by giving 6 billion for expecting nothing in return? You've got to be kidding....
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>>It is all politics. Don't expect charity on this level...
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>>Walter,
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>Well, in that particular case the 6 billion was more of a bribe, yes, but there has still been a great deal of financial aid given to Turkey by the USA. I'm sure if we poked around and investigated each of these we'd find that there was some sort of 'deal' that was involved - but none the less this doesnt change the fact that if USA offer's it - Turkey aint gonna refuse it. The fact that Turkey will apparenlty compromise they're values/standards/morals or whatever in the process just furthers my point.
Money for nothing... :)
Look at that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29Turkey worlds 18th. biggest economy. USA's Iraq occupation blowed our Iraq trade. That don't afford even a bit of Turkey's commerce loss...