Steve Gilliard make a good point about bringing Turkish soldiers to join the coalition forces in Iraq:
| The intervention of the Turks will go down as well as Chinese occupation troops in Vietnam. The Kurds are seeing visions of genocide in their heads, burned villages, raped women and looted homes. And that's the start. Other Iraqis have similar memories. In an America where history is entertainment, Turkey's history with the Arabs and Kurds is a quant tale from the past. Not in Iraq, where it's like the SS coming over the Golan Heights and down towards Tel Aviv. The Turks show up, fighting will start, even if the leaders try to prevent it and they aren't that eager. Even if there wasn't such bad blood, all the occupiers get attacked. But with the Turks, its all personal. The US may well be stuck between allies, Kurds and Turks, who want to kill each other on sight. |
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