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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (487524)	11/6/2003 4:52:23 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 769670

Granted that Kurds probably trust Americans, that trust has nothing to do with their resentment and distrust of the Turkish army. Americans could lose that trust as easily as they won it, and forcing acceptance of the Turkish army would be one of the faster paths towards this end. My brother served alongside Turkish troops in S. Korea during the "police action" and based upon what he had to say about the Turks I would LOVE to turn them loose against the Terrorists and Baathist troublemakers The Turkish army is known in the region to be rather fierce, if not the best equipped. And it IS a large army. There is no doubt they would be of enormous help to US/UK forces. They would, however, have their own agendas. And their presence would stir up the already fragile situation in Iraq. I am not sure if it's such a great idea to get them involved at this point. Anyway, all this is academic. Turks recently said they would only be involved if the Iraqi Governing Council asked them to help and under no other circumstances. Good for them...