Jim;

If Turkey is patient and Bush does not win reelection a new administration could well be what is necessary to restore the good relationship Turkey and the United States have had for many decades.

Hearing these types of comments is disgusting to me. The threats made to Russia and Germany have been toned down, but the threats towards France persist.

How to make friends and influence people. Being represented by a group of “jerks” does not thrill me, but this is democracy in action. Imagine what democracy in Iraq will bring? Civil war is one guess or a new SH - even the original may come back.

Tom


>Here is the report that I heard:
>http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/05/07/turkey_030507
>
>Now I hope the link works. 3 times it took me to some other story, but when I clicked with open in new window I got the right one.
>
>
>>Hi Jim,
>>Do you have any links regarding the news on the U.S. and its view on Turkey changing or being restated today? I'm curious and would like to read about it (I have not had time to watch or listen to any news today so far).
>>
>>
>>>SNIP
>>>>
>>>>By the way my second favorite President is Harry Truman! Be honest and tell it like it is! “The Buck Stops Here”! These were words I heard Truman say on a Newsreel when I was a kid. “Someone has to represent the American people”! Where is that someone? :)
>>>
>>>I'm getting curiouser and curiouser about President Bush's definition of "democracy".
>>>
>>>Just today is more news that Turkey is feeling, and faces more, retribution for its failure to permit U.S. troops to enter Iraq from their soil.
>>>
>>>Now here we had a democracy that actually was following the wishes of its people and they face penalties for doing so!
>>>
>>>I can only conclude from this that President Bush is not really serious when he says that he wants to 'spread democracy' throughout the world. What he really seems to mean is that he wants to install puppets throughout the world.
>>>
>>>I understand any country being upset if something they ask for - and are even willing to pay handsomely for - is not given. But the juxtaposition of "bringing democracy to Iraq" and penalizing Turkey for acting democratically doesn't fit in my little head.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>SNIP