* Gautam Mukunda [Tue, 01/04/2003 at 13:49 -0800] > > Note, for example, two simple actions by France: > 1. They publicly threatened the Eastern European > candidate countries with blackballing from EU > membership for supporting the US and > 2. It is now revealed that they did the same to > Turkey, which was one of the major reasons we did not > get Turkish support, something which will undoubtedly > cost the lives of dozens of Americans and thousands of > Iraqis.
I'm interested in links to support your point 2. To my knowledge France hasn't got a particular link or lever with Turkey. Germany has, though, due to historial, sociological (large part of its population is Turkish) , and economical. But I can't stop thinking Turkey, at least those whose got the last word in Turkey, i.e. high rank military, has and always had their own agenda in the region. > > What the French government, in its quest to attack the > United States in this affair, didn't realize is that > American politics are not like French politics. What > the people think in the United States has a real > influence on foreign policy. And the people, right > now, are pissed at France. That's not going to go > away. An entire generation of politically active > Americans who came of age during this crisis are going > to think of France as an enemy of the United States. > That is damage that may never be healed. Do they consider Germany as an enemy ? -- Jean-Marc _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
