[DB]

Divert elsewhere now.

Forget Turkey.

[The Wizard]

bye bye 15 Billion

[chemicalman]

When the free Iraq is ready for trade with the world, Turkey will not be involved.

[USMCVet]

Can you say "Autonomous Republic of Kurdistan"?

Yes, I knew you could..

[AMNZ]

I trust we have already discounted any cooperation from the turks and have implemented an alternative. This has been clearly a "wish" not a reality too long to hang on to it.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Next time a big earthquake devastates Turkey, and I'm hoping it happens sooner rather than later, the US Congress symbolically meets to decide whether to send aid.

And they drag out their decision for a month or two.

INGRATES!!

[prairiebreeze]

When the carriers in the Mediterranean start moving, we will know Turkey is out of the picture for good.

Prairie

[uncbob]

Ships should have left two weeks ago instead of allowing the State Dept to dork around hoping Tryrkey would get on board

This situation is a big time screw up

[UncleSamUSA]

In my mind there is very little difference between the French and the Turks in this build-up to the Iraq war. The French have been our main impediment and enemy in the diplomatic side of the buildup; and the Turks have been our main impediment and enemy in the military side of the buildup.

Both are former quote "allies" who have in fact acted as out-and-out enemies in the last few months and both are going to see major negative repercussions in the months that follow as victorious US forces defeat Saddam and the French and the Turks reap the whirlwind they have sowed.

[AndyJackson]

I have been to Turkey many times, have enjoyed it very much and am very very saddened by this development. Unfortunately, the Turks are going to learn that Kurdistan is what comes of making common cause with the French.

[laz17]

Tha hand of Chirac at work once again, turning another nation against us. My utter contempt for Chirac is beginning to eclipse my contempt for Saddam.

[Gore_ War_ Vet]

You'd think 16 billion would be enough to bribe anyone.

How dare they attempt self determination and sovereignty of thier borders.

[LaGrone]

Does anyone get the feeling Turkey is heading South (Not in the literal sense; excuse the pun)? Do they have radical fundamentalists there in their population? Why are they against the war so much? Their economy is in the tank anyway. Seems the regime change could only help the people there.

But there is that Muslim thing isn't there. Hmmmm

[mystery-ak]

Well, what can I say....what a waste, not using the 4th ID's hi-tech equipment....

[Libertina]

Our own Clintoon holdovers in the State Department (with help from the complicit media) were in the background (BIG time) working to bungle this... "Our list of allies grows thin." This requires prayer, people.

[Mister Magoo]

In most circumstances, I would be grevely concerned, but here I am not. Saddam has withdrawn the bulk of his quality units into Baghdad in any event. There's really no necessity for a second front, except that it would shorten the time to reach Baghdad by a day or two. Arabs are miserable, ill-disciplined soldiers, the world's worst.