[toddst]

Turkey is suffering from a deep economic crisis and is worried that military action could hurt its already frail economy.

Thanks for the post.

I can't blame Turkey for wanting assurances their economy won't suffer if they participate in a war effort. Clearly we need their cooperation for any attack on Iraq.

[Coop]

How in the world could we realistically provide assurances that a nation's economy will not suffer? Other than perhaps by promising to send a flood of dollars into Turkey?