[ScaniaBoy]

Remember how Turkey helped the US by letting through the US forces into northern Iraq, and thereby shortening the war and stopping any attempts of the Bahtist forces to regroup and start a guerrilla war.

Oh no, that never happened, did it? Instead the Foggy Bottom was befuddled by the Turks and the war against Saddam's forces had to be carried out from the southern front only.

At least the argument can be made that the Turkish intransigence ensured that the occupation became much more difficult than it otherwise would have been, and thus cost thousands of US soldiers their health and lives.

Some ally!

[ScaniaBoy]

And just in case you thought the Obama/Kerry foreign policy had scored a point by rapprochement between Turkey and Israel the Turkish PM Erdogan has gone back on his words already (surprise, surprise!):

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.se/2013/03/surprise-erdogan-goes-back-on-his-word.html#links

BTW, here is much more appropriate response to the Turks than an apology - several “apologies”:

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.se/2013/03/an-apology-to-prime-minister-erdogan.html#links

[Liz]

It’s clear that lamebrain Kerry is mouthing words someone else wrote for him.

Sounds like something Wexler and some of the other Mideast money-whores dreamed-up——to get their greedy hands on a couple hundred $$$billion more of our tax dollars.

Undermining US interests in Mideast hellholes is the game these money-whores know well.