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Turkey (&the the Kurds, and all the others) need to have restraint, and cooperation with Bush & Blair as they conduct the war.

Short version: the Kurds and the Iranians will deal with the Turks if they invade. Iran will come across the border into Iraq with out permission. In addition, we would support them with logistics and weaponry and intel.

This is why the Turks announced their entry of 1500 commandos and then denied it. Now they're denying any intention of sending 100,000 troops into Iraq. We've been fully prepared for Turkish treachery ever since Ankara started wobbling and our planning has proceeded on the assumption of Turkish military expansionism in northern Iraq.

We got the drop on the Turks, using our new friends, the Kurds, and Turkey's enemy, Iran. Nice piece of diplomacy and power politics, little noted in the media anywhere. We can't make any of these people love us but we can use their historical hatred and suspicions of each other to our advantage in pursuing our war objectives and post-war regional outcomes.

I keep wondering why Ankara hasn't figured any of this out yet and joined the alliance. I guess the Stupid Party in Ankara is still calling the shots. Oh well, they'll learn eventually.