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Sunday's Zaman, Turkey

Nov 14 2010

 

 

Jackson: Passing Armenian resolution not Us foreign policy

 

14 November 2010, Sunday / Yonca Poyraz Doðan, Halifax / Ýstanbul

 

Having a Republican majority in the United States House of

Representatives following the midterm elections on Nov. 2 will not

directly influence US foreign policy but indirectly could be to the

advantage of Turkey as far as the Armenian issue goes, according to an

American expert.

 

Bruce Jackson, president of the Project on Transitional Democracies

based in Washington, D.C., noted that after an intense election, the

leaders of both parties will be reluctant to engage in international

activism, such as recognizing the World War I-era killings of

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. The incoming House

Republicans generally believe that passing an Armenian resolution is

not the foreign policy of the United States.

 

"Passing an Armenian resolution is not the foreign policy of the

United States. It's the agenda of a domestic pressure group. It does

not enjoy support in either Democratic or Republican foreign policy

circles. Is the US Congress going to offer a verdict on the Crusades

next time?" Jackson asked as he answered questions for Sunday's Zaman

at the Nov. 5-7 Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.

 

 

MY NOTE: Crusades were wars, MORON! Military campaigns against hostile armies. Were the Armenian peasants in Western Armenia a match for the bloodthursty armed to teeth turkish asker?[/i]

 

He added that President Barack Obama would veto a resolution if it

were to be passed by Congress in any case. "There is a constitutional

and presidential aversion to passing whimsical, inflammatory

resolutions that are destructive to [the] international system just

because it makes you feel good. It is not the role of the Congress or

the president," he said.

 

It is the other way around MORON! Not passing such resolutions is inflammatory and destructive approach to the rule of Law and the civil liberties of the people!

 

"When Turkey will come to terms with its

history, it should be done by the Turkish people themselves. Coming to

terms with history cannot be imposed from the outside."

 

Who asked you to impose anything to Turkey, MORON?

 

In addition, he said the Armenian lobby has a "bad reputation" in the

US capital. They have tried to block Matthew Bryza's appointment as

the US ambassador to Azerbaijan after previously delaying Philip

Gordon's appointment as assistant secretary of state for Europe. Both

diplomats are widely admired by both political parties.

 

Both of them loyal to their oil masters total neglect of US interests!

 

"We are extremely interested in Turkey-Armenia reconciliation, which

would open Europe and its institutions to Armenia. And reconciliation

also gives us a shot at finally addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh

conflict," Jackson said in reference to the conflict between Armenia

and Azerbaijan.

 

Europe has opened her institutions to Armenia without opening the Turkish border so don't worry!

 

Turkey's border has been closed since 1993 when Turkey sided with

Azerbaijan, following the Armenian armed forces' occupation of 20

percent of Azerbaijan in 1992.

 

First, it is not 20 percent, it is 14 percent. Second it is not occupied but liberated, because the population enjoys peace and stability not thanks to NATO, but the Armenian forces.

 

'Iran nuclear issue to test Turkish-American relations'

 

The Armenian resolution may not enjoy much support in the US House

next year, but there is one big contentious issue that will test

Turkish-American relations and that is policy towards Iran, according

to Jackson. "Iran is probably the number one foreign policy concern in

the United States. We have a fundamentally different view of Iran," he

said.

 

Will see...

 

 

Turkey, which has developed close ties with Iran in recent years, has

called for a negotiated settlement to the international dispute over

Tehran's nuclear program, dismissing sanctions and any military action

as ineffective at best.

 

Tehran says it seeks nuclear energy only for the generation of

electricity. But many countries are concerned Iran is using a civilian

nuclear program to conceal development of nuclear weapons. Israel and

its main ally, the United States, do not rule out a pre-emptive strike

to stop Iran getting the bomb.

 

"The United States might be wrong. Turkey might be right or vice

versa. It seems like we will continue to have different opinions for a

while," Jackson said. "If Turkey wants to appoint itself as the good

cop engaging with Iran, Turkey can do it. But this engagement will not

enjoy the support of the United States."

 

Jackson also said Washington either doesn't understand or is

uncomfortable with the "Davutoðlu view of the world," in reference to

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoðlu's vision, which employs a

"zero problems with neighbors" policy.

 

"If the president of Sudan is indicted for war crimes, we don't

understand why he is invited to visit by a NATO ally.

 

What's wrong with that? Maybe you should freeze your relations with communist China, because USA are member of NATO?

 

We have increasingly divergent views on Israel. Turkey's search for a

post-Kemalist identity has confused Americans and possibly even

disappointed or angered us. We liked the Kemalist Turkey; we were

comfortable with secularism, which is much like our own. We were used

to it, it became a pattern. It's hard to imagine the Cold War without

Turkey firmly in the West," he explained, and added that there is now

a major shift of identity in Turkey.

 

"It is as if Turkey decided to have an ideological change of identity.

Maybe we'll get used to it, but it could take a while. The danger is

if Turkey and the US are not working together, there is likely to be a

drift," said Jackson, a former military intelligence officer and

conservative strategist. He also worked in the Office of the Secretary

of Defense during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

administrations.

 

'We want Turkey in the EU because the neighborhood is unstable'

 

 

Regarding the process of democratic transformation in Turkey, Jackson

sees it as a search for a new identity. "All European states have

searched for a modern identity. We have culture wars all the time in

the United States. The political debate in Turkey should have been

expected. But we have concerns about how far that goes," he said, but

added that there is time.

 

"Even if there is alienation between the US and Turkey at present, we

have time. There is not a major war on the horizon. We have a few

years in front of us in which Turkey can mature, have elections and

make decisions. I just hope Turkey won't give up on its European

aspirations," he said.

 

Jackson also stressed that the United States wants Turkey in the

European Union. "We want Turkey in because the neighborhood is

unstable. That's what we want an ally for. We in the US never said

that instability in neighbors is a barrier to integration. If

difficult neighbors are an issue for the Europeans, then they should

not have taken West Germany in. The whole idea of an alliance is that

the outside world is unstable. That's the NATO formulation," he said.

 

Keep dreaming...

 

Americans believe that it is wrong for Europe to create obstacles

before Turkey's integration into the European Union, he affirmed.

"These practices are racist and discriminatory. Deliberate opposition

to Turkey creates an unfair process. We have made that point to

Europeans frequently," he said. "Turkey, on the other hand, is an

excessively proud state and tells Europe that it will come into the EU

on its own terms, the diplomacy of the sultan. If you want to join a

club, you have to be nice. If the club says wear a tie, then wear a

tie."

 

I believe that you would do better if take up a profession corresponding to your abilities. Leave politics for someone that is better informed!

 

He added that when Turkey did not implement regulatory and reform

changes, this failure gave negative forces in the EU additional

grounds to oppose Turkey's candidacy.

 

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