A Grand Game - wake up !

Submitted by Kevin Williams (Netherlands), Oct 3, 2005 at 13:11

Bush and Blair want Turkey in EU. The reason is obvious: look at the mess they've been making now in Islamic world. They want a buffer - that's Turkey. ( It is funny to think that since Bush and Blair want to "send a positive signal to the Islamic world" so dearly, so why don't they creast Anglo-Turkey United and let millions of Turks into US. They never! But they trust that ... EU can take this responsibility).

Look at pros:
1. large young population - think again, since when this large a young population in human history have created a glorious culture and civilization, aside from burning the others into flames? So what we need this for? self-destruction?

2. send a positive signal to Islamic world that EU is tolerant - think again, we are tolerant enough that more than 15 million of them living in our societies and enjoy the same rights as we natives. There are many ways to send a positive signal to a person apart from marriage! The first one is: get out of Iraq, Bush and his cabinet are already all oil-millionaires themselves, Why they are so greedy!

3. EU will be safer - think again, EU is really safer if Bush and Blair keep doing what they are doing? NO! Even EU opens membership discussion in 2015 with Iran and Syria, it will NOT become safer simply becasue we are larger. It is a flawed logic!

Think deeper, do Bush and Blair really want Turkey in EU. Not really. It seems to me like a a grand game - "stick" with Turkey for another 20 years until Bush and Blair "pass this Islamic tide", then we will see. Anything, anybody can veto Turkey.

In this game, who wins? - Bush and Blair's personal political agenda. who loses? - EU average citizens because we are taking a huge risk of possiblly destroying EU completely ourselves, and burden us too much economically and socially. Who else loses - Turkey, becasue it just a small soldier in a grand chess game.

Wake up guys, a small and strong EU worth more than 10 times Turkey and alike.

P.S. absolutely no offense to my Turkish friends. But i believe both of us have been "played" by politicians in this game. I think a sincere long-term good partnership with Turkey is a practical way to go. Thus, friends but no marriage.

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