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Mrs. Pelosi should also look at the map

All Nancy Pelosi should due is to look at the same map as President Bill Clinton did and understand the terrible mistake she is committing on Turkey. But instead she still thinks Turks will cry over her resolution for a while and then they will forget because Turkey needs the U.S. more than the U.S. needs Turkey. How wrong can she be.

Ilnur Cevik

16 October 2007

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ilnurcevik@yahoo.com

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems completely aloof of global realties as she seems to feel Armenians support in her California constituency is more important than the vital interests of her country.

This kind of irresponsible behavior is very dangerous for a country where a congress can dictate its will on foreign policy…

Pelosi is still thinking Turks are bluffing and that when the genocide resolution passes the full House Ankara will make some noises and then the Turkish anger will die down and things will be back to business as usual because Turkey needs the U.S. more than the U.S. needs Turkey.

She is dead wrong.

If that resolution passes things will never be the same and many people in Turkey will make sure that the Turkish government does not falter.

It is not a coincidence that nine out of ten Turks feel the United States is not a friend. It is the build up of several events which started with the American arms embargo in the 1970s and had mushroomed into the current stage as the U.S. has alienated the Turkish people due to various reasons.

Turkey's friendship and alliance has been appreciated by those in Washington who directly deal with foreign policy and global issues but it seems Pelosi is not in that league.

When former President Bill Clinton visited Ankara and was hosted by President Suleyman Demirel he told the Turkish nation that he frequently looks at the world map and this helps him to appreciate the strategic importance of Turkey. It seems this Democratic president should give the Democratic House leader a map that also helps her to understand the terrible mistake she is committing.

She has to see that the damage she is inflicting will be long lasting if not permanent. But she simply does not care…

All she has to do is to study the global security concerns of the U.S. from Iran to Syria and see who their neighbor is. Despite all the antagonism displayed by the Congress Turkey is hosting the Syrian president today to convince his country to attend the Middle East conference the U.S. is organizing in November… Instead of showing some gratitude all they do is to insult us through resolutions.

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