Turkey in Iraq?

Originally posted by Sparten The Turks have the right to take action to defend their soverignity.

I agree with this and it looks like some of the Democrats are backing down. My angle it is not in the interest of the US right now to do this. Hopefully, when our troops are out of iraq, if ever, then we can address this issue.
I do agree that the Turks have a right to deal with the terrorist Kurds on the border but I think things could get worse if this article below is true. Unifying with Iran would really escalate this war and really put Turkey at odds with the USA. I do not want to see this happen.

Turkey Forms Alliance With Iran Against Kurds
Using its outrage over the House resolution on the Armenian genocide as a pretext to flout its alliance with the United States.

By Kenneth R. Timmerman at NewsMax (thanks to Dav):



U.S. ally Turkey and U.S. arch-enemy Iran have formed a military alliance to drive opposition Kurds from bases in northern Iraq they have used since 2004 to launch guerrilla operations inside Iran, rebel leaders told Newsmax at a secret base in the Qandil mountains.

Both Iran and Turkey have vowed to send troops into northern Iraq, but until now evidence of active military cooperation between them has remained a closely-held secret.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up political and diplomatic threats in recent days, telling the United States he would cut off U.S. access to the strategic Incirlik airbase in eastern Turkey if the U.S. tried to prevent Turkey from sending troops against the Kurdish bases in northern Iraq.

Iran has been bombing Iraq for quite a while now.

I hope the Dems back down but still Turkey will have to deal with the issue someday. I worry about the lawyers who want to seek reparations from Turkey and it turns out this is all about money.
The Armenians were not the only ones to lose family and property to the Ottoman Turks so when will this end. The Turks should recognize and acknowledge it just like we have done for the Native Americans. Turkey is far from the only country guilty of this sin, sad fact of our human history. For now, it is bad timing for the USA to adopt a resolution like this. I do not want to see us lose Turkey as a partner to the America.

I do wonder if this went through, which I doubt it will, and it damaged relations with us and Turkey would it bring us closer to Greece?

Originally posted by DayI Originally posted by Cent Iran has been bombing Iraq for quite a while now. PKK/Pejak bases near kandil mountans so far I know it.

Aslanlar Does Iran have a problem with the kurds?

Dear Bulldog

Bulldog, you speak of terrorism, but you forget to mention what the Turkish regime has done to Kurds in Turkey for the last 80 years.

Originally posted by eaglecap I hope the Dems back down but still Turkey will have to deal with the issue someday. I worry about the lawyers who want to seek reparations from Turkey and it turns out this is all about money. The Armenians were not the only ones to lose family and property to the Ottoman Turks so when will this end. The Turks should recognize and acknowledge it

The issue will be dealt with eventually, but without Turkey accepting the 'genocide'.

Do you HONESTLY (key word) think it's not about Money and Land in the form of reparations?

Yeh, we should want reparations from the armenians!

"Turkey should recognize and achnowledge it" ...Or not.


Now leading up to my point:
If the bill was passed within this year, what 'defensive attack' could Turkey produce against the US?

Al Jassas The US knows no special relations to nobody and has no friends. They take you meat and through you bare bones and if you served them your entire life in a slavish manner, they will sell you when it is profitable to the politicians in Washington. Even Britain, the ally no. 1 that its own PM became the official spokesman of the US administration suffered humiliation during the most loyal british PM ever, dear old Mrs Thatcher, the "Iron lady" asthey called her. Reagan bluntly refused not only to give up well known IRA terrorists convicted in acts of terror against civilians, but he refused to stop funding those terrorists from inside the US and Thatcher did what a slave do, bow to her master and US worshippers inside Britain who are now calling for WWIII against Iran are masochistically happy withthis relationship. The other episode is Trinadad. I am not even going to mention what happened to the Shah of Afghanistan's Mujahedeen.

Originally posted by Bulldog Cent Bulldog, you speak of terrorism   Yes an internationally recognised Terrorist Oganisation called PKK.   Not your silly myths and legends...all you do is whine and squirm when it comes to accepting the reality, Pkk are nothing but an extremist terrorist organisation.   This happened the other day.     Southeastern village of Besagac buries 12 killed in PKK terrorist attack A PKK terrorist attack which occured two evenings ago killed 12 people traveling on a minibus near the village of Besagac near Sirnak. Funerals for the 12 took place yesterday first in the city of Beytussebap, where crowds of more than 2,000 gathered and shouted slogans condemning the PKK. The bodies were then laid to rest in the village of Besagac. The attack on the minibus took place on Saturday evening, when village residents were returning from working all day digging in water conduits, with the hope that sometime in the near future, Besagac village would have its own running water. When the evening Ramazan meal, iftar, began to approach, the villagers boarded the minibus back to their village. On the road back, the minibus was strafed by bullets from all side, as an estimated 10 PKK terrorists had set up a trap from the woods on both sides of the road.    Commenting on the attack on his return from the US, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan noted that PKK terrorists had switched their targeting, from security force members to citizens. He also noted that the "determination" of the administration against the terrorists was reflected in what he called the "most recent flailings" of the PKK.   http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/7396681.asp?gid=74&sz=69985   Something for you to cheer about.