Saturday January 7, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Turkey is returning their ambassador to Paris. He will be back in the embassy as of first thing Monday morning.

Last month Turkey withdrew the ambassador after the French parliament began debating a law to make it illegal to deny the genocide of the Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915. A fine of 45,000 Euros is part of the proposal.

This entire exchange shows how immature Turkey has become in the world of international diplomacy.

In the first 10 months of 2011,Turkish bi-national trade equaled $14 billion. France is Turkey's fifth largest export market and its 6th largest import source.

Pulling the ambassador was, simply put, a major mistake. Recalling their ambassador achieved nothing diplomatically and sent no message to France and taught the French absolutely nothing.

All it did was showcase Turkish leadership as immature and vindictive.

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