the delicate diplomatic situation in Turkey
Thursday, March 20, 2003

White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer’s press conference this morning. One major item of note is the administration’s handling of the delicate diplomatic situation in Turkey.

The Turkish government has allowed the US to utilize its nation as a staging ground for a Northern Front in the war on Iraq. But at what cost?

The original diplomatic deal called for huge aid packages to be paid to Turkey, but were contingent upon that nation’s cooperation with a proviso that they would not invade Northern Iraq themselves to attack Kurdish positions in that area. The deal reached today contains no such caveat.

The Kurds have been left in the lurch once again.

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