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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The U.S. can't trust Turkey

"The U.S. can't trust Turkey

Editor's Note: Tony Badran is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

By Tony Badran, Foreign Affairs

'Syria ... is engaging in horrific, revolting attacks on its own people,' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a June 11 interview. 'The region, however, is trying to - behind the scenes - get the government to stop.... We listen very closely to what people in the neighborhood, in the region, say.' By 'the region,' Clinton meant Turkey, the country from which the Obama administration has been taking most of its cues on Syria."

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