ïìTurkish Surprise: As Nation Struggles to Join EU, Maker Of TVs Shows Way: Kocís Manufacturing Success Highlights Both Progress, Hurdles to Membership Bid; Europeís Most Efficient Fridge,î by Hugh Pope, Wall Street Journal, 7 September, p. A1.

Fascinating article on how Turkey proves itself economically in its longstanding bid to join the EU. Turkey remains the Seam State most likely to join the Core in the near-term. It has put in its security dues for decades, has cleaned up its internal act to the point where the generals arenít the political threats they once were, and itís the most modern and secular Muslim country in the world, by many expertsí estimation.

If not Turkey, then who from the Muslim world can really join the Core, and if not now, as we seek to transform the Middle East, then when?