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Thanks for the ping! Good article.

I think now I begin to understand your position. Sounds like State slimed things up--something that doesn't really surprise me.

Our media was pushing the "Turks Say 'Show Me the Money'" angle pretty hard. It being true to a certain extent is one thing; but to report that the "shakedown" continued "even after the economic issues had been agreed upon and taken off the table" is deplorable.

It appears DoD was and is on a more reasoned, diplomatic track than State. There is a frustrating friction between the two departments--due to perhaps something as "simple" as clashing ideologies? President Bush has much to wrestle with here, let alone the War on Terror.