Your quote came in a section titled "The Iraq crisis, September 1996, demonstrated the limits on US options." That was well after Desert Storm.
In Aug 1990, the 20th TFW (77TFS) deployed to Incirlik Turkey on a regularly scheduled weapons training deployment that turned into Desert Shield. I was one of the WSOs.
NO doubt you did what you did. That has never been the pont. The truth is that during the Persian Gulf War, Turkey sat on the sidelines throughout Desert Shield, refusing to send any forces to the U.S.-led Coalition, refusing to authorize a second land front from Turkey (see Washington Post, January 16, 1991, at A6, col.5), and refusing to allow the use of the NATO air base at Incirlik, Turkey.
Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991. It was not until over 48 hours after the air war had begun on January 16, 1991, and only after the Iraqi air force and air defenses had been neutralized and the U.S. had achieved air superiority, that Turkey allowed a limited number of sorties out of the Incirlik NATO air base. Only one out of twenty coalition sorties originated in Turkey, and these were clearly unnecessary. The Turkish military and Turkish public opinion opposed the use of Incirlik NATO air base.
Yeah you flew out of Incirlik and bless you but the muslim Turks were no big help. The facts speak for themselves.