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2005-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Fiction or not, the tale of future war with US stirs Turks
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Posted by phil_b 2005-02-14 9:41:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1  What is different today is that they are less anti-European," says Ali Carkoglu, a political scientist at Istanbul’s Sabanci University. "Back in the [19]70s, they wouldn’t even trust the Europeans," he says. "The change has been very swift." And just WTF makes you think the Europeans are going to trust you
Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-02-14 10:25:24 PM||   2005-02-14 10:25:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Europeans are playing with Turkey. The Turks have a brighter future if they made closer trade ties with the US. Turkey is Chiraq's chew toy.
Posted by Alaska Paul  2005-02-14 10:40:06 PM||   2005-02-14 10:40:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 BBC Poll= certain anti=American Tranzi bull shit.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-14 10:40:45 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2005-02-14 10:40:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's OK with me. If they think that's the way it'll turn out. They're just dumb enough. Welcome Kurdistan.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-14 10:49:37 PM||   2005-02-14 10:49:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Sobiesky 2005-02-14 11:04:37 PM||   2005-02-14 11:04:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Is the hero named Marat?
Posted by Penguin 2005-02-14 11:15:15 PM||   2005-02-14 11:15:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 And more modern rendering.
Posted by Sobiesky 2005-02-14 11:16:49 PM||   2005-02-14 11:16:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Having it reach all the way to the Gulf looks really extreme fiction, even if we imagined an independent Kurdistan.
Posted by Aris Katsaris  2005-02-14 11:38:19 PM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/]  2005-02-14 11:38:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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23:55 Phil Fraering
23:41 .com
23:38 Aris Katsaris
23:31 AzCat
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22:50 Jame Retief
22:49 Mrs. Davis
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22:47 Sobiesky
22:42 Alaska Paul
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