[George W. Bush]

It's too late for Turkey to try to take this tack. They are clearly not negotiating in good faith and harbor aggressive intent for a re-establishment of the the Ottoman Empire inasmuch as it included areas that have vast oil reserves.

The strength of the Turkish claim on Kirkuk/Mosul is on the same level as Saddam claiming in '91 that Kuwait was historically a province of Iraq and therefore he was just bringing a rebellious Iraqi province under the legitimate control of Iraq.

Turkey is starting to smell. Reek, even.

[Happy2BMe]

Turkey wants its troops to outnumber U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq in case of a war.

[Dog Gone]

Turkey claims that it is opposed to war in Iraq while planning to invade itself.

We're not willing to see Iraq carved up with invading forces from Turkey, Iran, or anyone else.

It's a very dangerous game that Turkey is trying to play, and they had better think this through.

[Mortimer Snavely]

By making sure that no Kurdish power base can be established and a resurgent Kurdish guerilla offensive in the South East, Turkey's acting in her own security interests. This requires denying the PKK and associated hangers-on any oil revenues. Look for a Turkish security zone established in Northern Iraq, and a revived Turkish economy to follow in a few years.