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2003-03-03 Iraq

Kuwait May Take U.S. Troops After Turk Refusal

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Posted by Steve 2003-03-03 01:50 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's good of Kuwait to make the offer, but I have to think that it's at least partially a political maneuver designed to (as noted in the comments) help Turkey change its mind, for the simple reason that Kuwait is already stuffed to the maximum with U.S. and British troops, not to mention Kuwait's own army and the Peninsula shield contingents.

I have to confess that I'm kind of bewildered as to just what the current status of the Turkish matter is. The Istanbul stock market tanked today, but the government in Ankara keeps saying it has no plans to resubmit the agreement for a new vote, and the Turkish army has been silent so far - at least in public. In the meantime, I have no idea whether the ships that have been hovering offshore are still there or are moving toward Suez, and I don't have the foggiest as to what's going on with the materiel and personnel that have already been offloaded.

Then again, perhaps the whole thing is a gigantic, deliberate disinformation operation that would make the greatest Russian masters of maskirovka turn green with envy.

Posted by Joe 2003-03-03 17:25:12|| 2003-03-03 17:25:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I doubt it, joe. I profoundly wish it were true, but I doubt it.

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-03 21:24:37|| 2003-03-03 21:24:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, if things all work out, we just might TELL the world afterwards that it was all a big show. I mean, we couldn't say it too loudly, or no one would believe us, but we would leak a whole bunch of "hints."

Posted by Michael Levy 2003-03-03 23:33:05|| 2003-03-03 23:33:05|| Front Page Top

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