Americans praise the British; Americans praise the French; Americans praise the Chinese. Last week two Americans dragged us into the "Ali im Wunderland" once again.

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It is true that Turkey has an increasing visibility in international politics and a stronger role than ever as a peace broker in its geopolitical basin, but there are no "Sultans of the Horizons" in the picture. Not that I wouldn´t love to be appointed as a governor, say, to Israel, but because the American praises were coordinated and without foundation, I am worried.

The domestic expectations of a return to empire and the rhetoric of the "last Ottoman Sultan" and "Caliph of the last age" and the like only help to increase my worries. ...

When it comes time to choose foreign rulers, they will choose the Turks. By 2040 you will be ruling all the problematic areas of the world for us. All those terror producing areas, all those poverty hit zones, all those underdeveloped countries of the world, we will let you rule over them and you shall once again be the super-busy-powerless-capital of the world ."

Does this mean that Clinton´s statements were all fictitious? No! She was truthful when she said that President Barack Obama was going to visit Turkey in April and yet, we misunderstood that, too. Having been flattered so much, our media was too ready to jump to the conclusion that President Obama was coming to Ankara to make the address that has become famous even before he has made it. "He will address the Muslim world!" announced the headlines.

How much more flattery do we need to overcome the need for the flatterers?

This is the absurdity of being a loves-to-be-praised Turk. We love to hear that one day we will rule over our neighboring countries, but we need another country to come and say this to us. We love to hear that Turkey is going to be the superpower of the Muslim world, but we need the leader of the world´s superpower to come and speak in Ankara to that Muslim world in order to crystallize that position. We love to hear that one day we won´t need the European Union, but at the same time we love to hear that the European Union needs us if it wants to become a world power, but at the same time we love to hear that the European Union accession process is progressing well, but at the same time we love to hear that the European Union is afraid of having us as a member and even that they are afraid of not having us as a member.

This is too complicated. Just praise us, OK?

Full article:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=169135

All hail Turkey!! 

Was that OK?

Can you pass me my tanning lotion now, dudu?

Of course canimcicimsekerimbitanem.. here it is :

 Thank you darling! 

Oh, no, why did you stop NOW? I needed one more post before going to bed to put me in a state of semi-coma.

Well, don´t despair. I am sure h will post another negative aspect of us evil Turks in a minute once he finishes scanning his suitable articles...

I suspect the next thread to be about...

how "we" Turks are homophobic, or something like that based on statistical analysis...

WE Turks (well some of us actually) always keep our promise.

So, as I promised, I wont answer..

EDUCATION , EDUCATION, EDUCATION..

Tony Blair..

Cynicmystic, if you don´t have anything thoughtful to contribute, just don´t write at all.

 I do have sometuhing thoughtfull, and it does not pertain to pictures of sun tan lotion. I am sorry that you seem to be incapable of understanding the "thoughtfullness" of my post.

The thought behind the post that you deleted like a cat in need of cat food is simple. I referred to Blair as a mentor and suggested that Bush Junior should serve as the senior mentor.