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To: Neocon who wrote (141904)	7/29/2004 12:09:52 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think most of the credit for Turkey's more democratic stance goes to EU. EU made political reform a precondition for membership consideration...I am not sure how much pressure for Kurdhish rights we have been exerting over the years. I can't remember of much off hand, but I could be wrong. I agree with you that Turkey is not puppet regime and is more democratic than most countries. My point was more about the use and abuse of media as a way to put pressure on governments only to forget about the issues once they play ball. We'll discuss how mistake my premise is at a later date. ST