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Europe
Spat over Iran may further strain relations between allies U.S., Turkey
2010-05-24
JERUSALEM -- President Obama said last year that the United States and Turkey must "work together to overcome the challenges of our time." This month, the allies couldn't have been more out of sync.
Some of us remember that the Turks refused to let the 4ID through on the way to Iraq. Thanks guys.
Turkish mediation of an agreement for Iran to ship abroad part of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium has threatened the Obama administration's efforts to win consensus at the U.N. Security Council on a new package of Iran sanctions and thoroughly irritated U.S. officials.

A rougher patch in relations could be on the horizon if Turkey -- a key Muslim NATO ally crucial to U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and Iraq -- works to forestall a sanctions vote or votes against sanctions on Iran.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Doing everything they can to fit in with the EUros.
Posted by: Spot   2010-05-24 08:06  

#4  Gee, all those pretty words and the "journalists" managed to ignore the islamist elephant in the room. Thanks for nothing WaPo twits.
Posted by: ed   2010-05-24 08:03  

#3  Turkey, great name you guys got there.
Posted by: Bugs Spealing3182   2010-05-24 02:58  

#2  Muslim ally

Is it just me, or is there something wrong in that phrase?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-05-24 02:41  

#1  "Some of us remember that the Turks refused to let the 4ID through on the way to Iraq. Thanks guys."

That was exactly my thought when I saw this article. I would say that action, the blocking of the 4th ID probably cost a lot of Iraqi (and US) lives.

We don't owe Turkey a damned thing.
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-05-24 02:36  

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