Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
A Facebook friend just asked for my thoughts on the election given my unique perspective from Turkey. This kind of cracked me up, because what this looked like from Turkey was mostly a blank screen in the middle of the night. I don't have access to US television here, and for some reason my computer chose this night to decide that it didn't feel like handling anything complicated. The local radio stations are not giving up-to-the-minute precinct results, to put it mildly. So, basically, I'm just now figuring out what happened. No one in Turkey's awake yet, and when they do wake up, I can pretty much guarantee they'll just find the whole business mystifying.
However, I'll bet no one in the US noticed this news from my time zone, given the excitement, and it's huge: Britain and France have signed unprecedented military cooperation treaties.
The pacts, announced at a summit conference in London between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron, represents a new effort by Europe's two nuclear nations to set aside long-standing differences and pool resources to ensure that the need for drastic budget cutting does not jeopardize their standing in the military big leagues.
Anyway, this is pretty much what things look like from Turkey, literally and figuratively.
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Jun '10
Re: Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
England and France? What will the EU think of that? I would not want to be on that restructuring team...
The truth is, having watched and chatted about the election all night, the best part was the ricochet chat. Otherwise, it was pretty wasted time - the summary I will read tomorrow is a better use of my time and tv remote flipping between channels.
And it was a pleasure to chat with you a bit, as always.
Aug '10
Re: Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
Stayed up until 5am Irish time so just out of bed and catching up on reaction here, but based on pre- election coverage it will focus on those "appalling" Tea Partiers and how America is now a redneck theocracy-if I turn out to be wrong I'll post my confession later.
Oct '10
Re: Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
Those of us who read Ricochet noticed it, Claire.
But I'm sure it didn't make any of the news, so the great unwashed (/Couric) probably don't know anything about it.
Aug '10
Re: Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
http://britishbattles.homestead.com/files/europe/anglofrenchwars.htm
Here's a mostly complete list of the 37 wars between Britain and France since 1066. Probably be more fun to calculate how often they weren't at war .
So the Brits will be manning the kitchen on the carrier until the French turn the guns on the galley ?
How's this gonna work ? What happens when they cross the equator ?
Rhum, sodomie, et laniere ?
Sep '10
Re: Turkey's Perspective on the Midterm Election
Pace Ghostbusters I view Britain France cooperation as a biblical sign of the end of the world similar to Bill Murray's refrain: "Dogs and cats, living together."