Turkey's European future still over horizon
By David J. Lynch
USA TODAY
usatoday.com
Europeans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity... I think Europe's maneuver to foil Turkey's chance to access the EU club is a watershed blunder, that is, something of the same historical magnitude as, say, the Louisiana purchase by Thomas Jefferson:
The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803. The United States purchased the land from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 million. St. Louis, the capital of Upper Louisiana, was chosen by President Thomas Jefferson as the site for the formal takeover of the territory. The Spanish flag was lowered for the last time at noon on March 9, 1804. The French flag was then raised to commemorate the return of Upper Louisiana to Napoleon, although he had never taken over or governed the land. Many festivities were held during the last twenty-four hours that the French flag flew. On March 10, 1804 the French flag was lowered and the Stars and Stripes was raised as Upper Louisiana officially became part of the United States. This day marks the beginning of the Western Expansion. [...]
actualstlouis.com
Indeed, just as today we can ask ourselves how the world would look like if France hadn't sold out Louisiana, likewise, in 100 years from now, historians will ask "how come the EU failed to welcome the Turks in the late 1990s?" |
