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2004-09-03 Iraq-Jordan

Turkey Signals Possible Military Action Against Kurds in Iraq

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-03 1:44:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 F@*k 'em, if they pull this shit. Then establish Kurdistan.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-03 10:59:15 AM|| 2004-09-03 10:59:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope if they cross the border, the Iraqi National Guard opens up on them, with US air support.

Well, the idiots in Turkey now are getting the payback for excluding US forces from using Turkey in the Iraq war. The insurgency would not be as large in central Iraq, allowing US forces to pay more attention to the PKK instead of the Sunnis - remember that the 4th ID was supposed to roll in from the north and into the Sunni triangle, Allujah, Ramadi, etc. But instead of getting the Sunni Triangle beat down and occupied early on, they were allowed to fester as the 4th ID floated off the coast of Turkey, before sailing around the Suez, and unloading in the south in Kuwait. So now we have forces deployed in that area, instead of to the north and at the borders.

Turkey, meet the consequences of your actions.

You deserve it.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-03 11:58:16 AM|| 2004-09-03 11:58:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Turkey Signals Possible Military Action Against Kurds in Iraq

Yeah, that'll scoot 'em straight into the EU. Smart move, @ssholes. Turkey's duplicity really demands some paybacks.

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-03 12:02:17 PM|| 2004-09-03 12:02:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Amen, OS. Turkey deserves all this and more. Their betrayal was HUGE, lower profile than that of France, but perhaps more significant. The blame for a large percentage of current difficulties, particularly in the Sunni triangle, can be laid directly on Turkey's doorstep.

Posted by docob 2004-09-03 12:03:27 PM|| 2004-09-03 12:03:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Docob-Ditto. Sad item to ponder-how many US military deaths needlessly occurred because of Turkey's betrayal of us at the onset of the Iraqi War?

Posted by jules 187 2004-09-03 12:08:48 PM|| 2004-09-03 12:08:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd sure hate to lose the Hagia Sophia, but if we have to...

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-09-03 12:37:23 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-09-03 12:37:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 mr murat are yawl have draft? id stand up against it and fight against the man tell em no kurd called me frog whore

Posted by Half 2004-09-03 5:25:52 PM|| 2004-09-03 5:25:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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