[Cboldt]

Reuters (among others) - U.S., Turkey agree on supplies for N.Iraq troops

Heheh, on your "day late, dollar short." Turkey is important, for many reasons. We sure don't want Turkey joining hands with France in the EU, plus all the "powder keg" issues around Turkey, all around Turkey.

[Sacajaweau]

We're trying to keep the two bull dogs (Turks & Kurds) apart. What we don't need is a mess going on up there which interferes with our operations.

Turkey has a brand new leadership. We want them to restrain their army. We are now leading the Kurd army.

We're using one bulldog to fight with us and the other bulldog to open up a transport route for us.