Turkey Cabinet Agrees to Deploy Troops to Iraq

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[sonsofliberty2000]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkey's Cabinet agrees to deploy troops to help stabilize Iraq, seeks authorization from Parliament.

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[sonsofliberty2000]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20031006/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_us_iraq

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's Cabinet agreed Monday to send troops to Iraq (news - web sites) to help stabilize the country — a decision that could relieve U.S. operations in Iraq and help Turkey mend frayed relations with the United States.

The decision now faces a tough approval from parliament, which is likely to vote on the issue this week. If approved, Turkey would become the first predominantly Muslim nation to contribute troops to Iraq.

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[VRWC_minion]

Translation: Screw you Chirac and you liberal rats in the US, Bush is right.

[xzins]

What's your take on this, Turk?

[ASA Vet]

a decision that could relieve U.S. operations in Iraq

Thus freeing up US troops for use on the "next" target in the WOT, Syria.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Bush's one big failure was not lining up support for reconstruction outside of the framework of the UN-- so he had to go back for a new reconstruction resolution. If he can get Turkey (and India and South Korea, Germany and Russia) to help, he will have mostly redeemed himself. You can't say the UN risks irrelevancy and then mostly act like they are still relevant afterward.

[Alter Kaker]

The Kurds will love this.

[bert]

I would take issue to your thoughts of failure.

We are a member of the UN. We must allow the UN to fail. That is precisely what has been done. The UN was allowed to fail and then the reconstruction absent the drag of UN dithering can proceed. Kofi Annan refused the job, Condi Rice accepted it.

There was no Bush failure. There was complex manuvering that eased the UN out of the way.

[Jumper]

You are correct in allowing the UN to fail.... The UN is just one more diplomatic entaglement which only serves to hurt Republican Presidents and embrass the US under Democrat Presidents. After the next election for US President, provided Bush is reelected, the UN will gravel and many opposing nations will craw back to seek forgiveness from the US. The present diplomatic pressure in the world is directed at electing a democrat/socialist president.

[OXENinFLA]

But why would Turkey want to send troops into a Quagmire? </dripping sarcasm>

[Adder]

Hmmm. Seems to me that not many of the Iraqi groups will take kindly to this. Isn't this a none too smart move on our part? Part of the reason we couldn't use Turkey for troop deployment was their insistence that they be allowed to have troops in Iraq; we wouldn't grant that and they voted to "punish" us. What's changed?

[Tilly]

It's not great.

What the Turks really want in Northern Iraq is dead Kurds and access to oil fields. They have proven to be unreliable allies, and I cannot think why US is bothering with them any more.

Frankly, I think we need to arm the Kurds bigtime. They are more reliable allies, they've bled with our troops, and they are less likely to stab us in the back.

[SunStar]

What the Turks really want in Northern Iraq is dead Kurds and access to oil fields.

The $8 Billion + loan we just gave Turkey is provisional, and based on the agreement that the do not enter the Kurdish-controlled zone.

[ASA Vet]

[Coop]

Bush's one big failure was not lining up support for reconstruction outside of the framework of the UN

I disagree. There are 28 or 29 other countries currently assisting our efforts in Iraq. I'd call that doing a fine job of lining up support outside the UN's framework.

[Coop]

The $8 Billion + loan we just gave Turkey is provisional, and based on the agreement that the do not enter the Kurdish-controlled zone.

Good info. Thanks. But Turkey was not there when we needed it. Screw 'em!

[mike28003]

i agree with you where were they when we asked to fly through their airspace they r just like france see an oppertunaty for mony and jump all over it

[GraniteStateConservative]

Quantity, not quality (# of troops, support staff) is what we have now. We need both. They all give a handful of help and it fills up a thimble.