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| Can the U.S.-Turkish Relationship Be Repaired? |
| 2005-04-21 |
| March 23, 2005 Unedited transcript prepared from a tape recording Speakers: Murat Mercan, AKP Richard Perle, AEI Robert Pollock, Wall Street Journal Michael Rubin, AEI Proceedings: MR. RUBIN: We have a lot to talk about today, so I'm pleased to get started. We have quite a distinguished panel here today. I'm proud to welcome Professor Murat Mercan, who's a founding member and a deputy chairman of the AKP. He is a parliamentary deputy and also a professor at Bilkent University. It's always good to have Richard Perle, the former member of the Defense Policy Review Board and a former assistant secretary of defense, who's long been very involved in Turkish-American relations. I'm glad to welcome to the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pollock, who's a senior editorial page writer at the Wall Street Journal, known to many of you for some of his recent commentary on Turkish-American relations. ... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #5 Contrary to popular belief, Americans have long memories and hold a grudge. But I'm sure France will honor their commitment to let Turkey into the EU. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-04-21 11:47:04 PM |
| #4 Can the U.S.-Turkish Relationship Be Repaired? The question is, should it be repaired? I think not. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-21 10:51:16 PM |
| #3 They made their bet, all in, and lost. It must really suck to be Chirac's favorite joke, but it was their choice. Life's a bitch. It's even worse when you're stupid - and Yippie's crew is the poster-child of stupidity. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-21 10:34:02 PM |
| #2 agreed, but destroy Incirlik before exiting, so they can't annoy our Kurdish allies easily |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-21 10:14:07 PM |
| #1 I really could care less about Turkey. The only reason we played nice with them was for the air bases so we could reach the middle east with air power. We can do that now in Iraq and Afganistan, as well as Kuwait. We don't need to play nice with Turkey anymore and listen to their hate filled spew being directed at us. Cut the cord, wish 'em well and get the fook out. I'm sick of giving money to countries that are always using us as a bashing tool and scapegoat so their population has something to hate besides their own corrupt asses. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-04-21 10:11:11 PM |