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By: Turkey: "no incursion into Iraq" « Spanish Pundit

Turkey: "no incursion into Iraq" « Spanish Pundit — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:41:01 +0000

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By: spencer

spencer — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:20:14 +0000

The very real threat of this happening was one of the strong caution flags raised about the invasion of Iraq before the first shot was fired.

But all we heard from the war supporters was complains because Turkey would not support the invasion. No one seemed to be willing to understand that Turkey had important strategic interest in the area that did not coincide with US objectives.

So we are now stuck with having to deal with the well foreseen consequence of the Bush war.

This is just an example of what I was talking about the other day, it is past time to be debating the war and to seriously start discussing how we deal with the massive adverse consequences it has left us.

Since WW II Turkey has been one of Americas strongest allies, helping us in numerous way.
But now we are losing them as an ally.
But I guess that is what happens when you have a policy that strengthening your enemies and weakening your allies.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:19:08 +0000

True that, Dave. Putting our troops in between the Turks & the Kurds is one of the few things we could do right now to make the situation in that region exponentially worse.

Therefore, I predict it will be floated as a trial ballon and/or announced as the administration's plan by August.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:41:38 +0000

This highlights why I'm skeptical about U. S. forces in Iraq “re-deploying” to Iraqi Kurdistan. In Iraqi Kurdistan we'll be on the horns of a dilemma. Will we stand by and watch as the Turks invade or shell camps in retaliation for cross-border incursions by Kurdish separatists? Or will we intervene on behalf of the Kurds, risking an Islamist takeover of Turkey?