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To: LastNorwegian
In any event the US is more important to the Turks than Turkey is to the US.

Do you wish to elaborate on that?

26 posted on 03/05/2010 12:07:12 PM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

The Turks receive a great deal of technology and other aid from the US. The US receive nothing from the Turks apart from an occasional assurance of friendship before the Turks refuse to let you use their territory as a staging ground for invasion.

Trade? If the US was to cut ties with Turkey you would hardly notice it. The Turks on the other hand... The US is still the dominant power on the planet (at least for a little while). There is no need to act like a third rate power that has to beg for support and accede to any terms offered by potential ‘allies’. The US would actually strengthen its position if it were to start demanding something in return for its friendship rather than constantly worrying about whether or not others will like it. *Nobody* respects a pushover.


37 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:17 PM PST by LastNorwegian
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