Stuffing Turkey
The European Union tells Turkey to cool its heels until Dec. '04 before talks about joining the EU can commence; the Turks had been pushing to move that timetable up (they blame the French for the screw job).
Apart from centuries-old animosity toward Turkey, it's hard not to read this as a thumb in George W. Bush's eye--he lobbied on Turkey's behalf and the country will play a key role in any military attack on Iraq. Has any country so desperate to join the "West" been so consistently backhanded?
