"Turkish-US Relations: The Bush Administration should be a Little Self Critical
Mehmet Ali Birand
By Mehmet Ali BIRAND
I had noted the Ankara side of the tension between Turkey and the United States yesterday and tried to explain what the sources of these misunderstandings were.
Today I will try to explain the Washington side of the story.
There is a saying, ?It takes two to tango.? You need two sides in order to ruin or repair a relationship.
You must have noticed the fact that anti-Americanism in Turkey is not like it used to be in the 1970s, directed against all Americans. Turkish society has no negative outlook towards the American people. Just the opposite. It is jealous of American values and supremacy. "
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