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[untenured]

Gen. Ilinc is very wise. (And that's not just because I have been making this same argument to Turkish students for several years. :) ) There is no particularly good reason for Turkey to want to be in the EU, and in any event the EU will never have them.

[WaterDragon]

Why would the U.S. want Turkey to be a 'political dwarf and military midget'? And if Turkey is considering an alliance with Iran, how does that affect its relations with the U.S. during this war? For that matter, how does a consideration of alliance with Iran affect Turkey's own concerns about Islamism?

I don't see exactly the benefit to Turkey to join the EU, not on balance. Maybe short-term gains, but to do so seems to me to undermine Turkey's long-term national interests.

[SJackson]

Don't feel bad. The EU isn't a club America would qualify for either.

The history our great, great, great grandchildren read will determine who's right (the winners), but I wouldn't bet on the EU, though they might make a footnote on 21st century tourism (they have lots of ruins)

[AnnaZ]

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[Aric2000]

I am glad that some Turks are seeing what the problem is with the EU. Hopefully they'll knock some sense into the rest of them. I just hope Bush backs off the EU.

[Captain Shady]

Turkey is probably better off without the EU (also known as the Revised Roman Empire by some folks).

[Askel5]

Perhaps if the Bush Administration made a point to underscore their use of former military in various appointments, they could ease the EU's fears that a "people's will" democracy and the occasional extra-constitutional fiat exercised by military-minded leadership are not incompatible in the least.