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Turkey warns against EU 'club of Christians'
Yahoo | AFP ^ | 1/26/08

Posted on 01/26/2008 2:24:45 PM PST by LibWhacker

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1 posted on 01/26/2008 2:24:50 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Centuries of history have revealed that Turkey has most certainly been a boundary in Europe. One that rapidly pushed Westward whenever given the chance or a sign of weakness...


2 posted on 01/26/2008 2:26:43 PM PST by CaspersGh0sts
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan warned the European Union against becoming a "club of Christians"

Probably the last thing he has to worry about.

3 posted on 01/26/2008 2:27:22 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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Turkey warns against EU 'club of Christians'

I saw this headline, and the picture in my head was that of a turkey surrounded by the Pilgrims on Thanksgiving with knives drawn.

4 posted on 01/26/2008 2:27:36 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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I thought the E.U. was a clun of Atheists, Agnostics, Unitarians, and Deists.


5 posted on 01/26/2008 2:27:40 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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Turkey used to be Christian... until the Muslims came along and forced everyone to convert or die or pay higher taxes or become slaves or...

In point of fact, I still think Muslims should turn over all the Christian holy sites that they’ve converted into mosques on some shaky pretext or another.


6 posted on 01/26/2008 2:29:55 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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lol, beat me to it.


7 posted on 01/26/2008 2:30:33 PM PST by ECM (Government is a make-work program for lawyers.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Mostly it is. Or “Christian Socialists.” Which is where the left wants to take this country.


8 posted on 01/26/2008 2:33:33 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: coconutt2000

My point exactly. I have been to Istanbul and it sure does not feel like Europe — yes, modern cars, malls and really great food but it seems more Middle Eastern than European.


9 posted on 01/26/2008 2:34:17 PM PST by Bushwacker777
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Hopefully, the EU ministers aren’t so foolish as to take this seriously. Letting Turkey into the EU would be the death of Europe as it currently is. Europe may well be dying a slow death, but this will hasten it considerably.

Even more unbelievable is that Bush is pushing for Turkish entry into the EU. Hopefully it is a case of saying one thing in public and advocating another in private.


10 posted on 01/26/2008 2:34:52 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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Babacan also argued that allowing Turkey into the EU would allow the bloc to act as a bridge between the West and the Islamic world.


11 posted on 01/26/2008 2:34:58 PM PST by Polybius
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As someone noted when this issue previously came up, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is NOT a club of Muslims?

Magooey

12 posted on 01/26/2008 2:36:43 PM PST by magooey (stop the bs, fight the war!)
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“club of Christians”

If only.

13 posted on 01/26/2008 2:37:51 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Hunter's endorsement makes Huckabee the last credible candidate on FR)
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While the muslims will rail against western culture infiltrating the middle-east with our mere presence, nevermind Israeeeeel, they’ll with a straight face no less tell us it’s our fault muslims aren’t accpeted into European GOVERNMENT?


14 posted on 01/26/2008 2:38:05 PM PST by tpanther
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Those ^$#$ ^%$#^%# can say THAT, while their fellow Muslims throughout the middle east are murdering everyone to make the area a Christian and Jew free area...

The audacity of these %^%&*% #@^%$# is MORE than infuriating....

This crap won’t stop until we wake up and put some HORRIFIC ass whippings on the $#%^# %$^%%$


15 posted on 01/26/2008 2:40:34 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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“Even more unbelievable is that Bush is pushing for Turkish entry into the EU.”

Ever heard of the One World/One Government concept?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo


16 posted on 01/26/2008 2:40:58 PM PST by 353FMG (Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

Excellent way of summarizing it.


17 posted on 01/26/2008 2:44:13 PM PST by livius
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To: coconutt2000

Yep, 99.8% muslim today (CIA Factbook).

It ought to be forcibly converted back to 0% muslim.

Let no one think this is a moderate regime. It is a raging cauldron of extremism controlled by a small cadre of elite MINO secularists who are as ruthless as they come. Overthrow them and all hell will break loose.


18 posted on 01/26/2008 2:45:35 PM PST by LibWhacker (eb)
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Well, Ali Babacan stop worrying about the Europeans acting like Christians.


19 posted on 01/26/2008 2:45:59 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (Bill Clinton: Life Member of the Liars' Club.)
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Not a single word about the oppression of non-Muslims in Turkey. While this is to be expected from the Turkish Foreign Minister, where was the response from the Europeans? Where was the reporting from the new agency?


20 posted on 01/26/2008 2:50:36 PM PST by Petrosius
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