TURKS PREPARE FOR WAR IN IRAQ

Associated Press ^ | 4 Feb 2003 | Louise Miexler

[Maedhros]

ping

[cmsgop]

Thanks!

[a_Turk]

>> Turkey is terrified

Yeah.. We're filling our undergarments.. Thes AP jerks really irk me.

[RightWhale]

"Our moral priority is peace, but our political priority is our dear Turkey."

When politicians start talking like that, look out!

[r9etb]

Turkey may well be "concerned," but "terrified" is indeed silly.

[agincourt1415]

Looks like the Turks are getting on board the Train before it leaves the station.

[L,TOWM]

Welcome to the party; I knew you guys would make it.

We need to get your fine troops some better party favors though, like some newer tanks (looked like M48's in the picture, have'nt we sold you some M-60's or IP M-1's?) and some M-2 Bradleys to replace those M-113's.

The FAL's that the infantrymen were stacking up looked just fine; a weapon that I would proud to own here in the US, were it still legal. ;-)

Maybe we can swap some basing priveleges for some new party favors... :-)

[a_Turk]

>>We need to get your fine troops some better party favors though

better do it before the dems get back in office.

[colorado tanker]

Looks like the Army is joining the coalition, whether Parliament wants to or not. In Turkey, it's not a good idea for a politician to tell the Army "no."

[L,TOWM]

>>>>>the dems get back in office<<<<<

On the federal level, we're safe from those pud pounders for at least two more years. However, in my own State of California, we're damm near a eco-commie people's republic. Dems in charge of everything, and a Republican Party deader than a doornail, that manages to suicide over and over again when it shows a hint of life... :-(

[OldPossum]

Thanks for the great post. Great photos of the Turkish preparations.

If I were Saddam, I would be very, very afraid. First, he's facing the military might of the United States and a very determined President Bush. Now, the Turks, whose fighting prowess is well-known, are signing on. I figure he might get, say, 10 minutes of sleep a night.

[Turk2]

I wish you guys could have waited a little longer so that we could have had a chance to field test these:

Source: www.army-technology.com

[DWC]

Why would you even think the democrats will return?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

When we go in, what is Saddam unleashes all hes got at Iran/Saudi's/Jordan/Kuwait and Turkey...thousands of people are dead.

Would America be blamed? Would we be pressured to help all those people?

[a_Turk]

>> Why would you even think the democrats will return?

Because the average Joe will never be satisfied and continue waffling 'til kingdom come.

[maestro]

UR#14)..............................BTTT

Parliament recesses next week for a weeklong Islamic holiday and diplomats say that if parliamentary approval does not come this week, U.S. war plans could be disrupted.

Turkish newspapers have quoted Gul as saying that parliament could vote this week on accepting U.S. soldiers to upgrade several Turkish bases and ports that would host the U.S. forces and vote on U.S. ground troops later.

Also Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Ministry officials met with the ambassadors of fellow NATO members France, Germany and Belgium to discuss possible NATO protection for Turkey if there is an Iraq war, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Israel,.......Beware of the "King of the North".

[a_Turk]

>>Would America be blamed?

You better get used to it. One thing that happens to superpowers is that they are hated and blamed for everything more and more as time goes by. Jealousy, I guess.

[Destro]

May this war liberate the Kurdish people once and for all.