[Straight Vermonter]

Turkey has been an important "friendly" (can't really use "ally") to the US for a long time.

Not an ally? Turkey has fought along side the US in every conflict since WWII, up until this one. They are a member of NATO. They staged American nuclear weapons on their soil. They were in Korea, Vietnam, GWI, & Afghanistan, why would you say they are not an ally? Because their own interests in this case were not the same as ours? You do not want an ally you want a toadie.

[Tree of Liberty]

Well, it's about 3:30 here, so I'd better get to bed. G'nite all.

[Timeout]

NY Post reports that Columbia professor Nicholas De Genova is now refusing to show up for classes. He's "receiving death threats". Funny how these libs and traitors always resort to the "death threat" shiboleth after they say/do something outrageous.

[clouda]

CNN will take this as proof Saddam is alive.

SADDAM 'CHAIRS MEETING'

Saddam Hussein has chaired a meeting with his senior officials, Iraqi TV said.

The station showed no footage of the meeting.

SADDAM 'CHAIRS MEETING'

[Ophiucus]

When I think of an ally, I think more of a relationship like we have with Great Britain. Turkey was in Korea as a UN member, and I don't remember much of a significant involvement in Vietnam. As for the nukes, they were paid handsomely for that deployment and when the pressure becoame too great, they demanded more money or remove the nukes. Same too for GWI - they were paid for their support. Likewise, they demanded a huge aid increase for this war and then backed out.

That behavior isn't seen in nations like Britain or Australia thus, I hesitate to use the word ally when referring to Turkey.

[Air Force Born]

My dad told me that in Korea the Turks were the troops the communists feared the most. Seems they prefer to fight with knives, in the dark. And they don't always leave their enemy completely dead.