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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (24022)	3/31/2003 12:20:03 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Wrong! :-) Then I guess that post article was lying.. Bush said the $6 Billion in cash was his final offer.. And it was... The parliament, obviously under the pressure you properly noted, was unwilling to reattempt a vote... But please don't try and assert that they were merely voting based upon public pressure against the war. You yourself, were betting on the positive market reaction to that potential aid deal, and the Turkish bond and stock markets responded positively.. With that financing, those political leaders would have been able to state their case to their constituency and mitigate voter reaction. But now they have to explain to their people why their economy is being trashed again, their unemployment rising, and facing the repercussions of not maintaining their influence in the events ongoing in their region.. After all, the US has no obligation to make up the economic costs of their dealing illegally with Saddam, smuggling oil and other goods outside of the UN sanctions. The original deal was for $2 Billion, more than 1/10th of the annual US foreign aid budget. Then the price for an affirmative vote rose to $6 billion and $24 Billion in loan guarantees.. And then they wanted $92 Billion over 10 years... So don't tell me those politicians weren't thinking about the money.. They just thought they could milk us for more.. But the financial "negotiations" went public and it became painfully obvious that they were seeking a "bribe", which was politically bad for both sides.. And that vote lost by a count of 3, which means quite a few Turkish politicians were more than willing to permit US troops to base there.. But now, outside of military intervention that would put them in conflict with the US, they have little say in the outcome of events. And they have forced the US to rely far more on Kurdish forces, which can only increase the obligation we have to permit them fuller autonomy, and possibly a state.. After all, if the Palestinians deserve a state, why not the Kurds?? Hawk@allchoiceshaverepercussions.gov