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by **Hermes** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:30 pm

Erdogan offers to invade Libya in exchange for immediate EU membership. Bizarre but true:

Turkey has offered to spearhead a NATO effort to overthrow the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi by invading Libya, but with strings attached.

Diplomatic sources said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan relayed a plan in which the Turkish Navy would send ships and troops to Libya. They said the plan called for the European Union to immediately accept Turkey as a member after the downfall of Gadhafi, Middle East Newsline reported.

"It was not clear if Turkey could actually do the job, but Erdogan did make this offer," a Western diplomat said.
The sources said the United States, particularly President Barack Obama, supported the Turkish proposal, believed to have also been endorsed by Saudi Arabia. Obama, regarded as a close ally of Erdogan, said Ankara deserves membership in the EU.

But Brussels appeared cold to the Turkish plan. The sources said French President Nicolas Sarkozy opposed the Erdogan proposal despite U.S. pressure.

"What Sarkozy said is unprintable, but basically that the United States is not a member of the EU and cannot dictate who should be a member," the diplomat said.

Ankara has used its Navy to help evacuate many of the 30,000-member Turkish community in Libya. Turkey has been a major investor in the North African country, particularly in the construction and infrastructure fields.

So far, neither the European Union nor the United States appears ready for a military operation against Gadhafi. On Feb. 28, however, the U.S. Defense Department said it would move troops and military assets near Libya as part of contingency plans against Gadhafi.

The sources said Sarkozy and other EU leaders regarded Erdogan's plan as a means to exploit the revolt in Libya. They said Sarkozy and others have become intractable opponents of Turkish membership in the EU, particularly given Ankara's pro-Islamic policies and support for Iran.

"The feeling is that Turkey is looking to become the Ottoman Empire, and most of Europe does not want to go through that history again," the diplomat said.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribun ... _03_01.asp

by **boulio** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:32 pm

guy has lost his marbles

by **DTA** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:37 pm

that seriously cant be true

by **boulio** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:38 pm

talk about desperation?i thought they dont care about the EU ?NOW THERE WILLING TO RISk turkish lives just to get in something they dont want to get into?

by **Kikapu** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:42 pm

Hermes wrote:Erdogan offers to invade Libya in exchange for immediate EU membership. Bizarre but true:

Turkey has offered to spearhead a NATO effort to overthrow the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi by invading Libya, but with strings attached.

Diplomatic sources said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan relayed a plan in which the Turkish Navy would send ships and troops to Libya. They said the plan called for the European Union to immediately accept Turkey as a member after the downfall of Gadhafi, Middle East Newsline reported.

"It was not clear if Turkey could actually do the job, but Erdogan did make this offer," a Western diplomat said.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribun ... _03_01.asp

I guess he is trying to make up for another of his his screw-ups.!

Erdoğan misreads Libyan sanctions

It must have come as a bitter blow to Erdoğan to see even Libya’s deputy permanent representative to the U.N., Ibrahim Dabbashi, thanking the members of the Security Council for adopting the Libya sanctions. As for the sanctions that were adopted in the end, it is clear that these do not target the Libyan people in any way but involve an arms embargo on the Libyan regime, as well as the freezing of assets for the Gadhafi family and its cronies.

It is not hard to imagine given the circumstances in that country that this is precisely what the Libyan people would have wanted done anyway. So once again we see Mr. Erdoğan misreading the diplomatic situation – even though he was lucky in terms of his gamble on calling for Hosni Mubarak to leave at the time.

The bottom line in all this is that if Turkey was still a non-permanent member of the Security Council, as it was last year, it would have been even more isolated internationally than it was on the Iran sanctions issue.

It may be time therefore for Mr. Erdoğan to listen more to the advice of his senior diplomats in the future – even though he has little love lost on diplomats in general – in order to avoid leaving Turkey isolated and embarrassed in this way.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php? ... 2011-02-28

by **DTA** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:44 pm

Ok if you read the whole article you are made very aware that it is bullshit, if it wasnt then maybe erdogan would be a little crazy, anyway it is made up read the whole article especially the quote at the bottom

by **B25** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:44 pm

you just cant make this stuff up.

Turkey the Whore!

by **Kikapu** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:47 pm

boulio wrote:talk about desperation?i thought they dont care about the EU ?NOW THERE WILLING TO RISk turkish lives just to get in something they dont want to get into?

I guess Erdogan thinks, if any Turkish soldiers blood is spilt in Libya, he gets to keep the Libyan oil fields to make up towards their sacrifices, as well as not returning one gram of Libyan soil back to it's people.! :lol: