[snarks_when_bored]

An invasion of northern Iraq by Turkey, while unlikely, could serve U.S. and even E.U. purposes. It would give the U.S. reasonable cause to smack Iran (for supporting the invasion). And it would give the E.U. an excuse to remove Turkey from the track of E.U. membership. The E.U. has lately been waking up to the dangers of unrestricted trade and open borders with a country of 70+ million muslims.

[Yak]

. . . And it would give the E.U. an excuse to remove Turkey from the track of E.U. membership

Or, it will give the EU a chance to embrace Turkey . . . "My enemy's enemy is my friend". The EU is likely to REWARD Turkey for attacking us (since the EU doesn't have the cajones to do it themselves, but would like to).