Hopefully, with a new leaders afoot, the U.S. and France can ignore the stereotypes which have fostered animosity between the two countries in the past and embrace newly elected French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s statement that, “friendship means accepting that friends can think differently.” Though Sarkozy shares his predecessors anti-Iraq war stance he embraces the U.S. as an ally. Turkey is not so lucky. Sarkozy is very admit in preventing Turkey from joining the European Union. Turkey has been working to adhere to the reforms needed to become an EU prospect but recent turmoil (and a near coup d'etat) may make Sarkozy's wish to shun the country come true.
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