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   XPost: soc.culture.turkish, soc.culture.europe, soc.culture.usa   
   From: TheZ@nospam.com   
      
   Turkey denied access through and dis-allowed airspace to the USA during the   
   Iraq war.   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:44acee39-3d55-4fa5-827e-7d1020f30550@v4g2000vba.googlegroups.com...   
   > Obama's trip was not very important except to Turks who were excited   
   > that their crackpot nation was recognized by a U.S. president.   
   >   
   > Turkey is of minor importance to the USA, mostly because it borders   
   > Iraq.  It is cheaper to supply U.S. forces in Iraq via the land border   
   > with Turkey than flying the supplies in from Europe.   
   >   
   > Turkey would also be important if the U.S. were to go to war with   
   > Syria, also because of its geographic proximity.  Turkey is useful   
   > because of its geographic location, but this is very different from   
   > being important culturally or economically.   
   >   
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   > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =   
   > "Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"   
   > -- Airplane   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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