GIVEN ITS POSITION ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE ARAB WORLD...:

Ankara turns away as EU ambitions fade (Charles Bremner, 5/13/10, Times of London)

Turkey is growing impatient with being cold-shouldered by the European Union, and resistance to its bid for membership is stoking Ankara’s ambition to turn towards the Muslim world.

President Gül said that the EU and its leaders stood at an historic crossroads and had to decide whether or not to welcome Turkey in.

“They are at a point where they need to decide whether the Union is a closed entity, whether the current borders of the EU will define it for eternity, or whether it should plan 50 years ahead and think of its grandchildren, the future,” he told The Times and other European newspapers in his hillside palace.

...it always made more sense for them to ally with India/Israel/Iran/America.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 13, 2010 6:51 PM