[PoisedWoman]

Ecevit is straddling an interesting line. Some of which sounds like BS. Won't Turkey benefit immensely from cooperating with USA?

[billhilly]

Both Turkey and the United States have benefited immensely from an unusual alliance over the past sixty odd years. We owe Turkey as much as they will ever owe us.

[Mortimer Snavely]

"Won't Turkey benefit immensely from cooperating with USA?"

That all depends on what Bush and his people want to do in Iraq after Hussein is given the heave-ho. Unless a solid governing apparatus replaces the old regime, there will be nothing but serious grief for the entire region, rather like pouring gasoline on a fire.

[a_Turk]

Won't Turkey benefit immensely from cooperating with USA?

Our politicians still haven't learned one simple lesson. In international politics the world is like a mens prison. Get soap on a rope, and never say "after you."