Powell declined to go to Turkey personally and pressure them. I've put that on him.
Bush has some responisbility ther for not making him go... And Clinton has a lot to answer for there by letting our relations with Turkey fall apart from neglect, thus dramatically decreasing the prestige that Turkey's secular government had from the beneficial relationship. This last led to a more Islamist government taking power in Turkey, which made the arrangments much harder to make.
Thank you so much...I love freepers, they always teach me knew things.