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Which Constitution is that? We have in the past had overflight permission from Turkey, and it never went to Parliament for permission. There is more to Turkey's position than just waiting for its Parliament to do something. Turkey does NOT want a Northern front, mainly due to the Kurdish "problem." Turkey wants to move its own forces into Northern Iraq, and you know it. Turkey will allow the U.S. some limited access to its territory. However, its refusal (and you know as well as I do that Turkey will NOT allow us to establish a Northern front from Turkish territory) to allow us the access we had requested will not change the outcome of the war, but it will change Turkey's relations with the U.S., which was Turkey's only real staunch Western friend (just ask the current members of the E.U just how anxious they are for Turkey to join that august body). I realize that Turkey found itself in a tough situation with all this, but welcome to the real world.