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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:22 PM Original message |
Turkish F-16s bomb N. Iraq |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. this is almost funny.... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I know what you mean |
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IntiRaymi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. ...Using american made F-16's |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Defense Contractors love this kind of irony |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. This will anger Bush and Rummy |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thats a NATO country - and they really don't like the Kurds. |
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leQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. couldn't have said it better myself. (eom) |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Turkey will invade northern Iraq |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. There is a reason Turkey does not control all of Kurdistan. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And the alternative is doing nothing....? Hard choice....? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. A more difficult choice than BushCo is able to make |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Perhaps it is time to re-install Saddam Hussein - junior can't control |
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eccles12 (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Yet Saddam is on trial right now for trying to control the Kurds who were |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Can you say August, 1914? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. So, will we declare another "no-fly zone"? U.S. F-16s vs Turkish F-16s? |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. the special envoy has something special alright |
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MikeyJones (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. I knew the Turks would eventually get involved |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Surprising it took this long actually (n/t) |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Welcome to DU, harun! |
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MikeyJones (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. tell me about it |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. If true, the Kurds in Turkey will love that. |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. You mean,....PreEmptive war? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. there is obviously a link to the recent "turist" bombings in Turkey |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Indeed. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. It will be of interest to note Pakistan's reaction. |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Why Pakistan? How are they involved? n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Because of the parallels. Not perfect parallels, but close enough. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. very good analysis IMHO nt |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. Not to mention Iran's reaction, which has a significant |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Iran is already shelling Kurdish areas of Iraq. nt |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Bringing back the Ottoman Empire is starting to seem not so bad |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. LOL. Yeah. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Hell with the Iranians what will the Greeks do? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The U.S. military is simply one militia among many in Iraq. Were |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Terrorists": the ultimate blank check |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. As a sidebar: Eric S. Edelman former Ambassador to Turkey |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. How exciting. The Kurds were the only ones cooperating with the U.S. n/t |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. As the "Occupying Military Force" in Iraq, |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. If we PO Turkey enough, they might side up with Russia... |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Looks like the US hasn't noticed that part |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. If we don't condemn the bombing, |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hey, we're in Iraq to avenge the poor Kurds.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. Turkey's buddy Iran not longer at the party? |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
28. "The aim of the air strikes " |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Kurdish rebels warn of "hell" after Turkey bombings |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
29. Does Turkey have a right to exist? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. OK. Here we go. Turkey turns the Bush premption doctrine on its head. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. Bush's Pre-emptive Lunacy in action....nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. "The aim of the air strikes is to stop the flow of terrorists into Turkey" |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. So Bush sent a NATO Air Force general |
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CollegeDUer (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. Turkey pulling an Israel |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. We're going to have to split the country into three parts. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. lets watch bush try and condemn this one |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. see how useful the Terrorist 'label' can be-Dimson should have copyrighted |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. and where is the MSM on this huge deveolpment? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. Grrr. The Turks are copying Israel now. |
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