[MadIvan]

Irrelevant. If Turkey wanted to ensure there was no such thing as an independent Kurdistan, they should have let the troops in. Now the Turkish government has no leverage whatsoever. We will do what victory demands, and damn the country or the individual (e.g., Chirac) that gets in the way.

Regards, Ivan

[a_Turk]

>> Irrelevant.

Hardly.

These things have a way of building up.

As far as leverage, that remains to be seen. We have a long way to go yet.

"Don't swing your legs before you mount the donkey."

[RobbyS]

The Turks have forces in Iraq and more on the boder. That is leverage. I don't think they want the fields: just the oil coming from them.