Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Fraying ties with Turkey -- baltimoresun.com

"Fraying ties with Turkey By Graham E. Fuller October 22, 2007

Turkish-American relations are in crisis. But the House resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide is only one cause - and that's just a sideshow. Turkish-American relations have been deteriorating for years, and the root explanation is simple and harsh: Washington's policies are broadly and fundamentally incompatible with Turkish foreign policy interests in multiple arenas. No amount of diplomat-speak can conceal or change that reality."

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