I don't know if I should title this Turkey and U.S. or turkey and us. In any case, if you haven't heard the latest elections in Turkey was a landslide victory for the conservative Islamic party. It's like Newtonian politics. The harder the U.S. pushes for freedom (in the old GI Joe sense) and secularism, the wilder islamic fundamentalism erupts. Some kind of political action - reaction, a polarization of the world. To be fair, the Turks were probably just upset that their economy has tanked and took it out on the incumbents. Islamic conservatism may just have been fortunate to fill the vacuum created by an angry electorate.
Tomorrow's our turn to vote. The midterm elections this year is expected to be record-setting for lowest turnout. I don't mind taking part in a record setting event, but this one's really not something to be proud of. So, go vote. I just hope the results of tomorrow's elections won't result in an amplification of the global shoving match.
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I voted! Not like there was anyone good to vote for this time, we're pretty much screwed one way or the other... As for the Turkey situation, isn't this a clue for us to mind our own business?
Posted by lisa | November 5, 2002 7:59 AM
Posted on November 5, 2002 07:59