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U.S. Military Decides Turkey No Longer Reliable Ally
insightmag.com via Kurdistan Observer ^
| 2006 Jan 16
Posted on 02/22/2006 10:35:13 PM PST by Wiz
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Georgia, Azerbijan, Armenia, Afghanistan and Iraq (Kurdisan) are our next hope. Let's hope they would succeed as being part of NATO as a frontier against Iran.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:35:15 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: Wiz
Government sources said the military and Defense Department have concluded that Turkey is no longer a reliable military allyYA THINK???
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:36:47 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(In a Hole in the Ground, there Lived a Fobbit...)
To: Wiz
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:38:41 PM PST
by
Chgogal
(The US Military fights for Freedom of the Press while the NYT lies about the Military and cowers...)
To: Wiz
The Turks are not going to be happy with any lean toward a Kurdistan nor will the Iranians. Old lesson:no such thing as permanent allies.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:39:37 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: Old Sarge
Just imagine how much fun this would be for our side, were Turkey actually engaged in running our seaports.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:39:38 PM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: Wiz
U.S. Military Decides Turkey No Longer Reliable Ally We knew that when they stiffed us in iraq. I wonder about their NATO status.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:41:36 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Wiz
If and when the Bush Administration decides to pull our bases out of Turkey, I doubt that they will keep every news organization in the U.S. in the dark about it and only release the information to the Kurdistan Observer.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:41:45 PM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
To: Wiz
And hopefully this means the end of
1) that big annual foreign aid check
2) American pressure on the EU to admit Turkey.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:43:20 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
To: Wiz
Really? What was your first clue?
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:44:47 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Wiz
Most likey Romania or Bulgaria. Both countries would be tripping over themselves to land a major US base / bases.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:49:03 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Wiz
The Transcaucasian states would be a bit too provocative with regard to the Russians. Afghanistan and Iraq, on the other hand, would be better places for US bases than Turkey. Basing there would also have benefits beyond the obvious military ones (Bracketing Iran and flanking China). There's something to be said for pumping money into the economies of our newest allies.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:49:34 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(<--- Not always a "people person")
To: Becki; mickie; Dog; Deetes; Gucho; iso; jmc1969; ravingnutter; Straight Vermonter; TexKat
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:51:25 PM PST
by
Wiz
(News hyaena providing you news with spice of acid)
To: SJackson; Alouette; Salem
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:51:48 PM PST
by
Wiz
(News hyaena providing you news with spice of acid)
To: Old Sarge
Sure as hell took them long enough to figure that out, jeez.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:58:57 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: Wiz
If we no longer care about appeasing Turkey, does this mean that we can do the right thing now and permit the partition of Iraq?
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:59:08 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
To: Redcloak
Both locations way to hostile right now or in the near future.
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posted on
02/22/2006 10:59:49 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Wiz
<< On Dec. 31, the Pentagon ended most incentives for U.S. soldiers to be based in Turkey, an area deemed as high risk amid rising anti-American sentiment during the war in Iraq. The Pentagon ended the exemption of U.S. soldiers from federal taxes in an arrangement known as combat zone tax exclusion. >>
Cutting the benefits of the servicemen assigned there because the Turks aren't cooperating?? WTF? Is that supposed to punish the Turks?
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posted on
02/22/2006 11:01:30 PM PST
by
ER Doc
To: paul51
Stiffed us in Iraq and by doing so left the Sunni Triangle to become an Al Qaeda base. Ever think how different things would have been if the 4th ID casme down from the North?
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posted on
02/22/2006 11:02:54 PM PST
by
wildcatf4f3
(Islam Schmislam blahblahblah, enough already!)
To: Old Sarge
Could we have avoided this if we had reached out to them and let them manage some of our ports?
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posted on
02/22/2006 11:04:11 PM PST
by
isrul
To: Proud_USA_Republican
They're getting better with each passing day; especially Afghanistan. Turkey, on the other hand, is getting worse. Until the Turkish military steps into crush any blossoming sectarian government (Which they have a constitutional responsibility to do, BTW), Turkey just isn't the place for us to be. We would be far better off investing time and effort on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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posted on
02/22/2006 11:04:49 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(<--- Not always a "people person")
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