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    Many of us live in USA and we have seen how politics in this country "functions". We can discuss political events and candidates and such matters here(although it does not really matter who wins). Here is a article on Hillary Clinton who many say is going to run for president.



    ERDOgAN HOLDS KEY TO TURKEY'S FUTURE, HILLARY CLINTON WRITES IN MEMOIR

    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    June 10 2014

    ISTANBUL

    Hillary Clinton's new memoir, "Hard Choices," which many observers
    interpret as an unofficial kickoff of her prospective 2016 presidential
    campaign, dishes out a lot about key world leaders, but Turkish Prime
    Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a special place in the 656-page
    book published June 10.

    >From Cyprus to Armenia, Turkey is portrayed in the book as a
    difficult actor in negotiations in which Clinton often set the tone
    as Washington's top diplomat who visited 112 countries in her tenure.

    "None of our relationships in Europe needed more tending than Turkey,
    a country of more than 70 million people, overwhelmingly Muslim,
    with one foot in Europe and one in Southwest Asia," Clinton wrote.

    "The Turkish military, which saw itself as the guarantor of [Mustafa
    Kemal] Ataturk's vision, intervened a number of times over the years
    to topple governments it saw as too Islamist, too left-wing, or too
    weak. Maybe that was good for the Cold War, but it delayed democratic
    progress," she said.

    Clinton complained in her book that popular approval of her country
    had collapsed to just 9 percent in Turkey by 2007. "Unfortunately the
    Bush years took a toll on our relations," Clinton wrote, reminding that
    she visited Turkey as part of her first trip to Europe as secretary
    of state to connect with Turkish society, especially women.

    Clinton described Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the
    man who "held the key to the future of Turkey and of our relationship."

    "I first met him when he was mayor of Istanbul in the 1990s. He was an
    ambitious, forceful, devout, and effective politician," Clinton wrote,
    stressing that Erdogan "managed to gain a tighter grip on power than
    any of its civilian predecessors."

    "Some of the changes under Erdogan's leadership were positive,"
    she said, hailing Ankara's reforms for EU membership and her Turkish
    counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu's "Zero Problems with Neighbors" foreign
    policy.

    Problem with 'Zero Problems'

    "Zero Problems sounded good, and in many cases it was constructive.

    But it also made Turkey overeager to accept a diplomatic agreement
    with its neighbor, Iran, that would have done little to address the
    international community's concerns about Tehran's nuclear program,"
    said Clinton.

    "Despite positive developments under Erdogan, there was growing cause
    for concern, even alarm, about his government's treatment of political
    opponents and journalists," she added.

    "Decreasing room for public dissent raised questions about the
    direction Erdogan was taking the country and his commitment to
    democracy," Clinton said, pointing to jailed journalists and a
    crackdown on dissent.

    "Corruption remained a massive problem, and the government was not able
    to keep up with the rapidly rising expectations of its increasingly
    worldly and middle-class citizens," she wrote.

    The former diplomat also gave an example from her personal contact with
    Turkey's prime minister. "Erdogan himself was very proud of his own
    accomplished daughters, who wore veils, and he asked my advice about
    one of them pursuing graduate studies in the United States," she said.

    "In my four years as secretary, Turkey proved to be an important
    and at times frustrating partner," Clinton wrote, recalling the
    internationally mediated Zurich agreement in October 2009 between
    Turkey and Armenia as a "challenge."

    Armenian FM Nalbandian 'balked'

    "The next afternoon I left my hotel and headed to the University of
    Zurich for the ceremony. But there was a problem. [Edward] Nalbandian,
    the Armenian minister, was balking. He was worried about what Davutoglu
    planned to say at the signing and suddenly was refusing to leave
    the hotel. It seemed as if months of careful negotiations might fall
    apart," Clinton wrote. According to her book, she "worked the phones"
    and convinced both of her colleagues to "sign the document, make no
    statements, and leave."

    Although neither country has ratified the protocols yet, Clinton
    wrote that she "still hopes for a breakthrough."

    A few months after the Zurich agreement, Turkey was once again on
    Clinton's crisis agenda. Israeli commandos attacked the Mavi Marmara
    ship from Turkey carrying pro-Palestinian activists trying to break
    the Israeli blockade of Gaza and killed 10 Turkish citizens.

    Clinton wrote she received an urgent call from her Israeli
    counterpart, Ehud Barak, and warned him that "there will be unforeseen
    repercussions." The next day, Davutoglu came to see Clinton and they
    talked for more than two hours, according to the book.

    'Turkey might declare war on Israel'

    "He was highly emotional and threatened that Turkey might declare war
    on Israel. 'Psychologically, this attack is like 9/11 for Turkey,'
    he said, demanding an Israeli apology and compensation for the victims.

    'How can you not care?' he asked me. 'One of them was an American
    citizen!' I did care - quite a lot - but my first priority was to
    calm him down and put aside all this talk of war and consequences,"
    she said.

    Clinton presented Israel's apology in 2013 as the final product of her
    "efforts to convince Bibi [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu]"
    for the remainder of her tenure.

    "The Turks and Israelis are still working to rebuild the trust lost
    in this incident," she wrote.

    June/10/2014

    In ‘Hard Choices,’ Clinton notes 'growing cause for concern' about the Turkish government, also recalling moments of crises between Turkey, Israel and Armenia
    Hayastan or Bust.

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    Re: USA politics

    Ron Paul is the only hope we have left......I bet he won't pledge allegiance to Israel and kiss Turkish azz. This is why he doesn't stand a chance and that xxxxx Clinton would be perfect after a black president.....see how free and liberal we Americans are?

    US presidents are nobodies really, just a mouth peace of the real powers held by few as their plans progress slowly one president at a time, be it republican or democrat.
    B0zkurt Hunter

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    • #3
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      "US presidents are nobodies really, just a mouth peace of the real powers held by few as their plans progress slowly one president at a time, be it republican or democrat."
      This is correct
      Hayastan or Bust.

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      • #4
        Re: USA politics

        Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
        "US presidents are nobodies really, just a mouth peace of the real powers held by few as their plans progress slowly one president at a time, be it republican or democrat."
        This is correct
        I agree with you guys but I still have hope for USA. I hope the Tea Party puts a dent in the two party system and give us some real diversification.

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        • #5
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          Originally posted by Serjik View Post
          I agree with you guys but I still have hope for USA. I hope the Tea Party puts a dent in the two party system and give us some real diversification.
          Nah the tea party is even worst then the regular republicans. I was watching the winner who replaced the republican leader with the tea party guy in the virginia primary. This winner is a economist and was asked if raising minimum wage was a good idea. This is a open and shut issue - anyone who knows anything about economics can look at the rise in price levels and see that the minimum wage is far lower then the rise in overall price levels..this creates a bad condition known as stuckflation and it hurts aggregate demand and the overall economy. This "economist" and the man replacing the leader of the republican party responded by saying that he has not prepared a response to this question and skipped answering it. He knows very well what the right answer to this question is - that raising the minimum wage is way overdue yet that is not what the tea party wants to happen - thus just like any other corrupt and immoral politician this a hole declines to answer while he works on a new lie. The politics in USA is going from horrible to even worst. Saying the teaparty gives us diversification is like saying ISIL gives islam diversification. The politics in USA will not get fixed unless the legalized system of special interest buying politicians is abolished.
          Hayastan or Bust.

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          • #6
            Re: USA politics

            Illuminate or reduce the power of foreign lobbies and special interest groups. restore and uphold the constitution and control of the Federal reserve bank. hold accountable the people's representatives in congress.
            B0zkurt Hunter

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            • #7
              Re: USA politics

              Serjik your hope came through today. The republican party as we have known it is now done. I think this is at least a political revolt that has fractured this party. While I like some of the ideas of the tea party, I think they also have many wrong ideas and misconceptions as well(particularly role of government). There will be some interesting things happening now.
              Hayastan or Bust.

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