How can answer an American "Does the vote by certain members of our Congress reflect... ?"?

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How can answer an American " Does the vote by certain members of our Congress does not reflect the positive feelings we in America have about Turkey and its peoples? "

Members of the US House of Representatives passed a measure condemning Turkey for genocide against the Armenians during World War I. As an American, I beg you not to be offended. The condemnation has little to do with Turkey or its peoples.

The US is approaching its presidential elections. The opposing party, the Democrat Party, is attempting to disrupt our country’s friendship with Turkey in order to embarrass President Bush. By undertaking this measure, the Democrats hope to strain our relationship in order to encourage the Turkish government to halt its assistance to the war on terror and to the US in particular.

Don’t be fooled or offended. THE VOTE BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS DOES NOT REFLECT THE POSITIVE FEELINGS WE IN AMERICA HAVE ABOUT TURKEY AND ITS PEOPLES.

Why not pass your own condemnation of America’s genocide of its Native American population. For nearly 300 years, we slaughtered the indigenous peoples living in what is now America, FOR SPORT! Over 20 million were massacred. Our treatment of millions of enslaved Americans from Africa is another event worthy of your condemnation. From 1838 to 1850, it was no only legal, but encouraged by our government to shoot members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) on sight! I could go on and on.

I promise you that there is a lot in America’s past that is very ugly.

That doesn’t mean we can’t recognize our errors and grow to be better nations. That’s what you and I are doing now.

America and Turkey need each other. All intelligent and educated citizens of our respective countries recognize this fact.

All Turkey needs is a better press agent in the US to stave off the pressure brought to bear by the Armenian populace in the US. That fact, along with the intelligence and foresight to realize that all these harsh words have little or nothing to do with Turkey, will allow you to laugh at us. It’s just an election period here in the US. Don’t be impressed by political slander from those who try to appeal to the uneducated.

America’s most famous author, Mark Twain, once said about our homeland, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of an American!”

Bill Thompson

Huntington Beach, California, USA;

15.10.2007

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by new_liza : If EU offers to Turkey hope only (or “privileged partnership” ) instead of membership, Turkey should close that page immediately... We will see real intention of EU, on Cyrprus issue and also during negotiation chapters.

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Answer 1

You are right, there is more to what is going on here... I am not sure what and I think that it would be a very weak way to embarrass BUSH, they could choose more effective things to embarrass him about. Bring up Osama for example... say 'Oh there is an Osama Bin sighting here!" and the whole army moves to get him and of course comes up with nothing or put him at a dinner with Putin and too many little boys... I DON'T KNOW... but Turkey is too far off the mark for the target to be BUSH.
They want something from you, so they are squeezing you, What do they want? Do they want you to take control of Iraq? Or some control in Iraq? Is that why the PKK issue is flaring up? Do they plan to give you, as in force you to take, that part of Iraq? Maybe not...
HMMM or is it that your government has fallen out of the US's good graces by getting a little too Islamic??? Perhaps this is the answer? Could this be punishment and an example of what they will do to Turkey is the government gets more religious? I am not sure but maybe... hey yeah, Armenia is Christian! hmmm... could be?
What do you think?

Answer 2

I'm proudly NOT an American. But a more pertinant question would be 'how would membership of the EU affect relations between the US and Turkey?' the EU is seeming to want to distance itself from the war on 'terror' and if the EU pulled out it's backing for Bush, would Turkey follow the EU in the hopes of being admitted and the positive economical and social growth associated with membership?

Answer 3

There are known knowns and unknown unknowns.
It´s America´s internal problem as to whatever the democrats may have done wrong. Americans are responsible for the outcome of their political attempts and this is one. Maybe Bush was too busy filling his pockets while the political situation in his own land turned totally against him. He reacted too late. Turks cannot be billed for Americas internal
problems. Otherwise we might start to think whether the international commitments of the U.S. are all but some calculation of their inner political character.
Come on guys this is not just a harmless verbal insult. We are talking about a whole nation being accused of the most disgusting crime on earth.

Answer 4

that's named stonewalling and in no way getting to the actual subject concerns. Blame the persons who're thinking and phone them unamerican! hassle-free as that! Pelosi theory she ought to ram this invoice interior the process the abode and the Republicans could be compliant and vote it into regulation. yet, slightly element like opposition got here alongside .and that's turning out to be leaps and bounds right into a team to be reckoned with. So now those grassroots in contact human beings are being called Nazis, rabblerousers, astroturfers, unamerican, and disrupters. the place improve into the outrage while the left burned Bush's parent; they marched against the conflict in Iraq; the conflict in Vietnam; and not a be conscious from the Dems..yet now through fact their ideology is being puzzled, they are calling the opposition unamerican. no longer genuine, as those persons are so disgusted that their representatives are no longer listening to them, that they are very outraged and rightly so. Seniors are going to be dealt with like they are expendable...they are going to be the gang of inhabitants that the government will save the money on. So it rather is it persons!

Answer 5

I agree with Mr.Jonathan Steele.
"it is siren-voiced stuff, but the EU should not hesitate in rejecting these pleas. Let Cyprus be the warning to any latter-day Odysseus. Allowing Cyprus into the EU before a settlement of the island's Greek/Turkish dispute is the biggest mistake the EU made this century. Brussels lost its bargaining power."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2178986,00.html

Answer 6

It´s their problem not ours.