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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (22043)	11/30/2004 9:40:02 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 80903

Gus > For sure, many Europeans will continue to have difficulty in seeing the strategic wisdom of Turkey's membership. After all, most Europeans would rather stay away from the Middle East. But the fact is that sooner or later Europeans will need to take a closer look at their Middle Eastern neighbors. Birthrates are so low in Europe that the EU population, currently at 455 million, will shrink by at least 25 million by 2050. What is worse, the EU will age dramatically: In 2050, nearly one third of Europeans will be dependant and over 65, siphoning off funds from European welfare states. On the other hand the Turkish population, which is at 70 million today, will jump to 97 million in 2050. More importantly, this will be a young population, with a low dependency rate of 10-15 percent. Yes, indeed, and we have discussed this before. There's no doubt that the war for the world of the future is being waged in the bedroom and not on the battlefield -- and the Muslims will win hands down (or is it penises up?!) Unfortunately, non-Muslims don't like them -- whether for religious reasons or religious reasons! In other words, neither religious Westerners nor non-religious ones like them. But, as the article says, if the Westerners have an eye to the future they have no choice but to take a chance on making friends with them, at least some of them. And especially now that the US has come out into the open as the Crusader against Islam. Turkey is, of course, in a critical geographic position between East and West and I am sure that, geopolitically, its role in future will become of increasing importance. And I'm also sure the Europe of years to come will look very different from the one being planned in Belgium. It will be far more "eastern", far more multiracial, far less Christian and far less "old Europe" as the US calls it. Your Judeofascists will have their hands full trying to control the reins of power. And that's when they are not busy with their Viagra trying to breed.