Turkey with Pickle

Turkey and the European Union have signed an agreement to begin talks to discuss the outline of a framework for one day allowing for the possibility of Turkey joining the E.U. on a provisional basis.

It's all very progressive and European. It's so contingent it makes me want to put on a record and dance around to one of the old hits of the Albright-Clinton era of foreign relations.

There’s even a built-in timetable to allow for increasing Eurpean-Islamic tensions. To be fair, the Turks were asked to recognize Cyprus in advance of the agreement. But nothing was said about requiring xenophobic Brits to recognize Turks.

Stay tuned. This story has the potential for multi-directional irony!