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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (86387)	10/29/2007 3:49:04 PM
From: Jane4IceCream	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"Now the pottery barn rule applies" I prefer Crate and Barrel but HOW do you know about Pottery Barn? Thought you lived in a trailer park? Jane

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (86387)	10/29/2007 5:09:07 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"Could have said that 5 years ago. Now the "pottery barn rule" applies." No it doesn't. The PKK is a terrorist organization operating in Turkey. The Kurd/Kurdistan region of Iraq is more secure and functional in its autonomy than it has been in nearly a hundred years thanks to us. The Turkish government operates on their own venue to battle terrorists not ours. Their conflicts with the PKK terrorists are largely a separate matter at this point . The PKK does not represent the Kurdistan government in Iraq. It is an underground terrorist organization. I don't see how it puts our relations at risk with Kurdistan (which is not identified as a terrorist state) or Turkey who has our support to go after terrorist PKK. It is not clear to me that recent events are acts of terror. They have been described as skirmishes between Kurdish rebels and Turkish forces in Turkey. If the conflicts escalate into Iraq, I am sure we will forced to take an official stand at some point. I recommend a condemnation of PKK terrorist activity, which we already have done, and add its open season on terrorists, which we have also declared. The only separate issue at this point is the Turk Army crossing the border right? We do own the border for now but it is a military issue. The Turks don't need to cross the border to stop the flow of rebels into Turkey. I doubt our military cares if Turks go after terrorists in Northern Iraq much more than they care if the Shi'ite militias on the Southern border of Iraq help to round up terrorists down there. But the Turks have declared their intent to handle the question about rebels hiding in Iraq, diplomatically.