The US and Turkey?
There are a few news reports that disturb me about the future possibilities in Iraq, The letter posted below I published in the Washington Post, july 31.
Comment on: Robert D. Novak - Bush's Turkish Gamble - washingtonpost.com on 7/30/2007 6:20 PM
Are we seriously entertaining the re-establishment of the Ottoman Empire? Turkey occupied Iraq as part of that entity until 1922 when the British and the European powers dissolved the empire, including the territory we know as Kurdistan.
How much of this has to do with the Turkish economy? Until January 1 of this year, the Turkish Lira had slid to an exchange rate of 1.3 million to the dollar.
They re-valued their currency, but the new lira may still be an indication of just how bad things are there.
This would be the third time Britain and the United States have stabbed the Kurds in the back. Britain set up Iraq, and now they want to wash their hands of it. After the Gulf War, the United States, as I recall, pledged to help them, but thousands died.
If the Bush Administration does this, not only will we over-extend our military resources, but this country will prove just how untrustworthy we are.
All this sound and fury is about oil and money. Iraq has it and Turkey wants it. If history is any guide, the Kurds should have Kurdistan. They've had enough troubles with the Turks.