[George W. Bush]

Turkey has been our loyal friend and ally for many decades. How refreshing our Turkish friends are by comparison with our fair-weather friends in western Europe. I particularly like reading about the Turks' night attack methods, something admired by our past military leaders.

I'd favor giving Turkey half of Iraq's oil, deposing Saddam and installing a democratic republic in a rump Iraq.

Of course, Turkey will continue to have a Kurdish problem, just like Saddam did. But Turkey never massacred their Kurds or engaged in the vile practices of Iraq. I would generally favor establishing a Kurdish province of Turkey because a Kurdistan will never be anything except unstable and problematic. Another of the small nations that cannot survive among stronger neighbors. Turkey is the best chance they have for some autonomy and human rights.

[Jim Noble]

>>installing a democratic republic in a rump Iraq<<

C'mon, think big!

Dissolve Syria, Jordan, and south-central Iraq (I agree Mosul and Kirkuk must revert to Turkey).

Make the whole thing the Northern Arab Republic, our good friend and staging area for the assault on the real enemy-"Saudi" Arabia.