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5. Turkey straddles that area and would fit as a ME entity

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 05:45 AM

Sep 2014

being Islamic and bordering several ME countries.... which is why their current and previous attempts to join the EU continue to be thwarted (as Europe is loathe to consider them "Europeans&quot . The fact that >70% of Turks are Sunni is notable since ISIL represents radical Sunnis.

The Saudis and Emirates are too fat, happy, and lazy, trying to cater to "westerners" to keep the $$$ flowing in.

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