Turkish Parliament Rejects U.S. Plan to Send 62,000 Combat Troops to Turkey for Iraq War

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[Diddle E. Squat]

I hear the Urks were irked.

[TheOtherOne]

I know Bush is.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I am, too.

[jrlc]

Stick a fork in the Turkey. Bring on Kurdistan. Let's Roll!!!

[fiftymegaton]

We should have just asked Iran or Syria. We could have at least received the same answer.

[hemogoblin]

Sounds like a country that puts its petty political squabbles ahead of its obvious national interests. Gosh, can you imagine such a thing? Whew.

[mykdsmom]

But, but....Whoraldo told me he was SURE this was going to pass.

What are the implications of this? I know we have ships there just waiting to offload. Is there another country that will welcome us and will be just as good of a base site for aircraft etc?

I have to admit part of me is glad this happened, it will save us a ton of money in bailing out Turkey. I felt they were blackmailing us anyway. I'm very uneducated on the effect that this will all have though.

MKM

[tomahawk]

The Turkish economy is in the toilet.

Today, the Turkish parliament flushed.

Bye bye Turkish economy.

[Tax Government]

We should absolutely block Turkey's deployment of troops in Iraq.

[thinktwice]

U.S. Ambassador Robert Pearson rushed to the Foreign Ministry after the vote.

"We had certainly hoped for a favorable decision," he said. "We will wait for further information and advice from the government of Turkey about how we should proceed."

The President of the United States should sack this diplomatic turkey.

[Stopislamnow]

yep

bye bye any foriegn aid

[latrans]

So where does it say the Turkish troops are not going into Iraq?

[Beck_isright]

Translation:

The Turkish military is pissed off and will replace the civilian government again if this doesn't change and quick...watch and see.

[freedom44]

i am honestly very stunned at this development.
I know they have alot to worry about regarding their kurdish population, but i think the billions of dollars of aid was sufficient.

blah!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[maestro]

...outcome fell three votes short of the simple majority required by the constitution. He then closed parliament until Tuesday.

Holding their cards very close,.....playing later!

:-(

............................BTTT.....ping!

[Semper Paratus]

Holding their cards very close,.....playing later!

That's fine, unless the House closes the game!

[alancarp]

Gee, some of those billions would go a long way towards starting a nice little homeland for the Kurds...

[End Times Sentinel]

Fine, they just saved the U.S. 15 Billion in bad loans.  We can set up in Armenia, Georgia or Azerbaijan just as easily.  And when the "democratic" government folds in a couple of years, we won't have to worry about losing an ally.

The fewer alliances we form with scumbag islamic governments, the better off we are.

 

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”