[George W. Bush]

"There is no reason anymore for Washington to consider Turkey's interests in northern Iraq," a Turkish military source said. "If the United States acts alone in northern Iraq, then the Kurds will be the main military ally of Washington."

They're only now figuring this out? It really is amateur hour in Ankara.

"If Turkish troops enter the northern Iraq, this would cost Turkey," Ozkok was quoted as saying. "It wouldn't be appropriate for the TSK [Turkish military] to enter the northern Iraq under these conditions as it didn't get enough support from the United States."

He bought a vowel. No fair.

The military sources said the Gul government has been told that Washington does not plan to wait for a Turkish reversal of the parliamentary decision. They said the U.S. Defense Department has prepared plans to divert at least two divisions to Kuwait and airlift special operations forces from the Mediterranean over Israel and Jordan and directly to northern Iraq.

Yep. Since they forced us to by acting like Frenchmen.

"The greatest nightmare would come to be true if the United States goes ahead without Turkey and wins the war against Iraq," Turkish analyst Ali Nihat Ozcan said. "In this case, it will have no responsibility to ask Turkey's opinion on how to restructure Iraq."

Turkey deliberately chose this thing.

And it will be the Kurds who have the strong hand in shaping the new Iraq, not Turkey who can just sit home while the adults do business.

Buh-bye, Turkey. See you in the next regional conflict. Maybe you'll have learned something by then.

[Robe]

If Ya Snooze.....Ya Lose

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping! Have a hunch the Turkish military is not very happy with their politicians!

Turkey has lost all say in Iraq and they are right, the Kurds will be out friends in that region (at least for now).