Poor Richard’s Report

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   April 6, 2009

   Jean DuBoıs

   RTE’s stunt was nothing but getting humiliated with one’s own money (kendi parasıyla rezil olmak), since Turkey does not need any concessions to appoint high ranking bureaucrats and commanders to NATO, it can and has many times before. RTE’s unplanned stunt was also a testimony to his insincerity towards the RojTV issue, since had he used the proper channels to oppose Mr Rasmussen’s in a timely manner before it was decided upon, he would have alienated the Kurds from whom he was hoping support in the local elections, which he didn’t receive anyway. It turns out that not everyone in Turkey is that gullible after all!
   On the original point of his opposition towards Mr Rasmussen’s candidature, he cited Mr Rasmussen’s refusal to impose censorship on the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. What a joke! RTE wants another country, and a democratic one too, to impose censorship on its media for religious reasons. And yet, RTE did not even consider vetoing France’s re-admission to the military wing of NATO, who by the way opposes vehemently Turkey’s ascension to the EU. Giving away Turkey’s vetoing power for nothing, and making a fuss about Mr Rasmussen’s candidature out of nothing. This shows well where Mr Erdoğan’s loyalties lie, certainly not with the interests of Turkey, but with the Moslem world for which he became a volunteer mouthpiece at every opportunity that betrays Turkish interests.