Reply #16: I think you are probably right....... [View All]

Turkey is an important ally and must continue to be in the Western camp. Turkey will never tolerate an independent Kurdish state, as it would encourage its own separatist Kurdish minority. Can we stop rebel Kurds from crossing into Turkey from Iraq. It is up to us, and one of the great messes the Iraq conflict has stirred up.

The EU has not been overly friendly to Turkey lately, and the timing of this Armenian resolution is interesting to say the least. What is going on here? Somebody is making calculations of the kind that have a way of blowing up in their faces. Luckily, a rise in Turkish nationalism may not lead to strengthening Islamic fundamentalists, as Turkey has been a secular state for several generations. But it might. Frankly, I am worried. Turkey is of great strategic importance to the west and a bridge to more Islamist countries. Turks, for the most part, want to be part of the West, if we will have them.