[a_Turk]

"State warmly embraced the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution (backed by Tehran) and went out of its way to keep Saudi Arabia happy, but then they decided to screw our ally," complains a Defense Department official.

[Destro]

I agree with your post on the State Dept.'s diplomatic fiasco as my posts have indicated. Turkey had every rightto say NO and has no rights inside Iraq. The safety zone-the Turkoman excuse are lies and a grab.

[cake_crumb]

Vague buck passing and blame gaming. State looks no more to blame than the Turkish parlaiment.