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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (21340)	7/7/2004 10:56:21 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 75280

Gustave > US officials are smart fellows and well aware of the current climate of anti-Americanism across Europe. Hence they realize that the shortest way to kill a proposal — any proposal — in Europe is to brand it “American”.< I agree with you. That was a smart move by the US and for many reasons: 1. If EU accepts Turkey, then Turkey owes that to the US and this gives the US another toe-hold in Europe 2. IF EU accepts Turkey, then the domino chain can continue to the next US surrogate -- and the next, as I mentioned in my previous post 3. If the EU does not accept Turkey, then Turkey cannot hold the US responsible, on the contrary, it brings Turkey closer to the US especially as the US (and Israel) are about to double-cross Turkey over Kurdistan. Therefore Turkey is cornered. So, the EU and Turkey are both damned if they do (get married) and damned if they don't. Either way, the US wins.