Gates Warns Turkey Not to Invade Iraq

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday cautioned Turkey against sending troops into northern Iraq, as it has threatened, to hunt down Kurdish rebels it accuses of carrying out terrorist raids inside Turkey.

''We hope there would not be a unilateral military action across the border into Iraq,'' Gates told a news conference after meetings here with Asian government officials. Turkey and Iraq were not represented.

Gates said he sympathized with the Turks' concern about cross-border raids by Kurdish rebels.

''The Turks have a genuine concern with Kurdish terrorism that takes place on Turkish soil,'' he said. ''So one can understand their frustration and unhappiness over this. Several hundred Turks lose their lives each year, and we have been working with the Turks to try to help them get control of this problem on Turkish soil.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Gates.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. Why? Turkey has far more legal basis for invading than the US ever did.

Good grief the stunning hypocrisy;

''We hope there would not be a unilateral military action across the border into Iraq,''

:wow:

[Subdivisions]

6. Yea, he qualified that statement with the word

"unilateral". After all, we did have the famous Coalition of the Willing

[LynnTheDem]

8. bLiar was & is so far up Georgie's arse

it was "unilateral".

:D

[Phredicles]

2. "We hope there would not be a unilateral military action ...into Iraq"????

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD WAS TRYING TO TELL YOUR FUCKING BRAINDEAD BOSS IN 2003 YOU FUCKING DIPSHIT ASS-FACED MORON BASTARD??????

GAWD FUCKING DAMMIT I FUCKING HATE THESE ASSHOLES!!!!!!!

[BlooInBloo]

3. Riiiighht. Soft on terrorism. Against unilaterral action. Sounds like the administration we know.

[dave_p]

4. Don't be incovenient, or we'll be mad!

... and I mean REALLY mad! We may protest! Formally! That's how powerful we are now!

[thecrow]

5. Heh... a few years ago we were BRIBING the Turks to JOIN US

... a whole $15 Million!!!
PUH-LEEEEEZE join us said we...
And they wisely stood their ground.

And we went anyway.

Iraq's neighbors just might have to be the ones to THROW US THE HELL OUT and restore whatever is to be restored in Iraq, so that region may have some sort of peace or stability. OF COURSE they have a more vested interest; they LIVE THERE.
This is probaby why the neoCONS are so adammmant about putting a missile shield in eastern Europe right now, and they are willing to start up the Cold War again with Russia just to get it. (well, at least CONdi could use her Russian studies Ph.D.)

Oh, and you thought just because our oil is beneath their sand is a reason for us to be there? STFU up Gates... Bushco* .... Darth.


BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!

[Decruiter]

7. Does this "crew" ever tire of their warnings? I know I'm damned tired of it.

Anyone else?

Why are "we the people" tolerating this complete and total BS?

Why, just someone tell me why, PLEASE! I want a blanking answer.\

Where, just where do "we the people" get off warning anyone in this world?

Gates threatens Turkey, oh yeah, that is going to take us miles and miles in diplomacy, isn't it?

NO and NOT! I am so sick to death of this shit, I apologize, but I have to call it.

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We are threatening Turkey?

Hey Gates, resign now, go home quick to spend more time with your family, go back to A&M, Texas style, they still love you there.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. In other words... "Don't fuck with OUR oil! "