Ankaran Sunset
As I have written in the past, I believe that Turkey will not be accepted into the European Union. Christian Europe cannot abide by a Moslem country no matter how "secular" it may appear on its facade within the Hellenistic world of the West. This month, Germany will go to the polls to elect either a new Chancellor or re-elect the old one. Which one becomes the leader of Germany at this point in time will change the course of Turkish history and may very well spell the end of Ankara's attempts at European integration.
From the Guardian Unlimited:
Germany's conservative challenger Angela Merkel last night scored a decisive victory over chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the only live debate of the German election campaign. In a gripping 90-minute TV duel, Mrs Merkel repeatedly got the better of a stumbling Schröder - telling Germans that the only way to get the country out of its present mess was to vote for her Christian Democrat party. "You can't be satisfied with the situation in this country," she told the chancellor bluntly. "I don't see anything in your programme to address this."
In the event, though, Mrs Merkel appeared both quicker and more confident. She even made a joke. Asked whether it was thanks to Mr Schröder's liberal red-green government that it was now possible for a woman to become German chancellor, she replied: "No." Referring to the fact she was born in West Germany but grew up in the communist east, she added: "I'm a product of German reunification and I'm a product of my parents. I'm proud of both."
The rise of Angela Merkel as the Chancellor of Germany will doom Turkey's bid of joining a new Roman Empire being forged in Western Europe as this development will no doubt expose Turkey's own prejudices against women, liberal culture and "human" rights which are all anti-thetical to the world of Islam.
During last night's debate a tired-looking Mr Schröder tried to regain the initiative by reminding the German public that he had opposed the war in Iraq, unlike Mrs Merkel. He also criticised his opponent for her opposition to Turkish membership of the European Union. He declared: "You are making a major foreign policy mistake. You do not understand what geopolitical significance linking Turkey to the EU has."
Looking relaxed in a black suit with white buttons, Mrs Merkel said that she and an increasing number of voters believed in a Europe with clear boundaries. This didn't include Turkey, she said. In a closing address to the cameras, she said that if voters were happy with Mr Schröder's record on jobs, growth and pensions over the past seven years they should vote for him. If they thought Germany could do better, however, they should vote for her.
Turkey itself has weighed-in regarding the coming election and they don't much like Merkel.
From the BBC:
Suggestions for some kind of partnership status, rather than full membership, have been led by German opposition leader Angela Merkel - expected to win a general election later this month. She has argued that a "privileged partnership" status should be among the options put under discussion when the talks start in Luxembourg on 3 October.
He (Turkish Foreign Minister Gul) had previously warned against imposing any new conditions, or trying to shift the goalposts to a partnership status.
"Should they (the EU) propose anything short of full membership, or any new conditions, we will walk away, and this time it will be for good," he told the Economist magazine.
Turkey can only wait so long as the Moslem world unites once more, perhaps its last unification, behind a new Caliphate that most Islamic terrorists feel is long overdue. Who shall lead the Islamic peoples into the 21st Century? Egypt, Pakistan or Turkey? Only time will tell.
From the Guardian Unlimited:
Germany's conservative challenger Angela Merkel last night scored a decisive victory over chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the only live debate of the German election campaign. In a gripping 90-minute TV duel, Mrs Merkel repeatedly got the better of a stumbling Schröder - telling Germans that the only way to get the country out of its present mess was to vote for her Christian Democrat party. "You can't be satisfied with the situation in this country," she told the chancellor bluntly. "I don't see anything in your programme to address this."
In the event, though, Mrs Merkel appeared both quicker and more confident. She even made a joke. Asked whether it was thanks to Mr Schröder's liberal red-green government that it was now possible for a woman to become German chancellor, she replied: "No." Referring to the fact she was born in West Germany but grew up in the communist east, she added: "I'm a product of German reunification and I'm a product of my parents. I'm proud of both."
The rise of Angela Merkel as the Chancellor of Germany will doom Turkey's bid of joining a new Roman Empire being forged in Western Europe as this development will no doubt expose Turkey's own prejudices against women, liberal culture and "human" rights which are all anti-thetical to the world of Islam.
During last night's debate a tired-looking Mr Schröder tried to regain the initiative by reminding the German public that he had opposed the war in Iraq, unlike Mrs Merkel. He also criticised his opponent for her opposition to Turkish membership of the European Union. He declared: "You are making a major foreign policy mistake. You do not understand what geopolitical significance linking Turkey to the EU has."
Looking relaxed in a black suit with white buttons, Mrs Merkel said that she and an increasing number of voters believed in a Europe with clear boundaries. This didn't include Turkey, she said. In a closing address to the cameras, she said that if voters were happy with Mr Schröder's record on jobs, growth and pensions over the past seven years they should vote for him. If they thought Germany could do better, however, they should vote for her.
Turkey itself has weighed-in regarding the coming election and they don't much like Merkel.
From the BBC:
Suggestions for some kind of partnership status, rather than full membership, have been led by German opposition leader Angela Merkel - expected to win a general election later this month. She has argued that a "privileged partnership" status should be among the options put under discussion when the talks start in Luxembourg on 3 October.
He (Turkish Foreign Minister Gul) had previously warned against imposing any new conditions, or trying to shift the goalposts to a partnership status.
"Should they (the EU) propose anything short of full membership, or any new conditions, we will walk away, and this time it will be for good," he told the Economist magazine.
Turkey can only wait so long as the Moslem world unites once more, perhaps its last unification, behind a new Caliphate that most Islamic terrorists feel is long overdue. Who shall lead the Islamic peoples into the 21st Century? Egypt, Pakistan or Turkey? Only time will tell.
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