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Politics : War

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (10604)1/3/2002 12:35:18 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (5) of 23908
 
Charles,

These Turks are pathetic.... They really don't seem to understand that NOBODY (among Europe's white, Christian elite, that is) wants them in!

Opinion by Mehmet Ali Birand

We have our final rendezvous with EU in 2002

If we can adapt to the Copenhagen criteria by the end of the current year the path will be cleared for our full membership. Otherwise we will be in for a minimum 10-15 year postponement


turkishdailynews.com

Excerpt:

First, a proposal to this effect was rejected at the EU's Luxembourg summit in 1998. Then a similar proposal was accepted at the Helsinki summit in 1999 with great difficulty, that is, thanks to the intense pressure applied by the United States. The governments of the EU countries acknowledged Ankara as a candidate despite the adverse reactions this drew from the public in these countries.
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As I once laid it, this EU-Turkey issue is the mirror image of the Lousiana purchase by Thomas Jefferson in 1803... Jefferson was visionary:

earlyamerica.com

America had Jefferson, and we in Europe are stuck with Prodi... [maniacal laughter]
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