Error 404 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Found this article throught google. You can go there and leave your comments. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/forum/...d=7971#comments Support Turkey to Win in Iraq Republicans should ignore the White House happy talk that it is winning the war on terrorism. Instead, the US is losing Turkey as an ally and is surrendering Iraq to Iran. Republicans should ignore the White House happy talk that it is winning the war on terrorism. Instead, the US is losing Turkey as an ally and is surrendering Iraq to Iran. US-Turkish relations will reach the point of no return with the vote on the Armenian genocide resolution, now scheduled in April. This resolution is favored to pass. With this vote the Congress will deeply alienate Turkey, a key NATO ally in the war on terrorism. Meanwhile, the White House is further alienating Turkey by favoring Iran and the Kurds in Iraq, especially the Kurds by awarding them control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. US decisions on Armenian genocide and Kirkuk will humiliate Turkey. The Turkish government will retaliate against the Kurds, a response that could easily derail US plans for Iraq and the US war on terrorism in general. To begin with Iraq, Turkey sees US policy in Iraq as hostile and directed and in favor of Iran and the Kurds. Turkey looks behind the White House rhetoric against Iran and notes that the US and Iran are now quietly cooperating in support of Prime Minister Maliki’s government. Turkey anticipates that this US-Iranian cooperation will deepen as pressure builds in Congress, thanks to the Democrats, for an early withdrawal of US troops. To be specific, the US needs to find a partner so that it can hand over power as it withdraws from Iraq. From Turkey’s perspective, the new US partner in Iraq will be Iran, not Turkey. Even more alarming from Turkey’s perspective is the fear that Kurdistan also benefits from US policy. In fact, the new state of Kurdistan, under US military protection, is already emerging on Iraq’s territory. Turkey is concerned that this new Kurdistan will encourage rebellion by Turkey’s own Kurds and the PKK. A PKK insurgency in Turkey claimed 30,000 lives in the mid-1990’s. Turkey is now fearful that their worst fears about US policy are justified as the US and Iraq prepare to turn over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to Kurdistan via a referendum scheduled for December of this year (Kirkuk is located just outside Kurdistan’s territory and is claimed by Kurdistan). Kurdistan’s acquisition of Kirkuk would be an enormous humiliation for Turkey, as has been made clear by repeated statements from the Turkish government, largely ignored by the Bush Administration. Turkey’s concerns over Kirkuk will be magnified by Turkey’s defeat at the hands of congressional democrats on the Armenian genocide resolution. It now appears a sure bet that congress will pass an Armenian genocide resolution before Kirkuk passes into Kurdistan’s control. In sum, Turkey faces a crisis due to the Kirkuk referendum and the congressional vote on the Armenian genocide resolution. So far, the White House has given no sign that it can help with Congress on the genocide resolution and refuses to postpone Kirkuk’s referendum in December. Turkey can do little or nothing about the Armenian genocide resolution. Indeed, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Biden and Senator Reid all conspicuously snubbed Turkish Foreign Minister Gul when he requested meetings last week to discuss the resolution. Turkey can, however, do something about the Kirkuk referendum. Indeed, Turkey’s defeat on the genocide resolution greatly increases the pressure on Turkey’s government to block the referendum, as it has vowed to do. Turkey has both the military capability and the influence in Kirkuk’s political affairs to block the referendum. In short, Turkey’s actions on Kirkuk will derail President Bush’s plan for Iraq and his war on terrorism, where Iraq is the centerpiece, as Bush has often stated. Bush’s policy in Iraq of handing over power, while withdrawing forces, to Iran and Kurdistan will go by the wayside, a victim of Democratic Party activism against Turkey and Turkey’s retaliation against Kurdistan. For those who had doubts about the Bush plan for Iraq all along, these developments will come as welcome relief. Iran and Kurdistan will be the big losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 AZG Armenian Daily #030, 17/02/2007 Armenian Genocide US GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO FAIL THE RESOLUTION ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND AT THE SAME TIME TO FORCE TURKEY NORMALIZE ITS RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA On February 15, In Washington head of Turkey’s Armed Forces, general Yasar Buyukanit met with US Vice-President Dick Chaney and Councilor to President Bush, Steven Hadley. After the meeting he told the reporters that the Government of the United States are determined to fail the resolution on the Armenian Genocide and estimated this fact as rather positive. Buyukanit also tried to meet with the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Congress, Tom Lantos, but the meeting did not take place, says CNN-Turk. Lantos is the only Congress member who survived the Holocaust and chairs the commission, which considers the question of Resolution of the Armenian Genocide. It Is known that Lantos preserves close relations with the Israeli authorities. Thus, his role in the adoption of the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide is obvious. Therefore also appears a question about the influence of Jewish organization of Armenia. BBC Turkish office informs that Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul when in USA told the leaders of the American Jewsih organization that Turkey will revise its relations with isreal unless the jews take active measures against the pending resolution. On February 16 Buyukanit met with the head of US Armed Forces Peter Pace and Assistant to Deefnse Minister, Erick Edelman. According to allegations by Buyukanit, the representatives of the Pentagon expressed determination of fighting against the PKK. In an arlier publication "Azg" predicted the Amerca’s warm welcome for Buyukanit, as the United States have always relied on the armed forces in their relations with Turkey. But there’s one more fact that Buyukanit seems to have forgotten about. In exchange of promising Turkey to impede the adoption of the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide, the US authorities demanded to normalize the relations with Armenia. Oktay Eksi in a publication in Hurriyet newspaper, February 15, said that Turkey is required to open the borer with Armenia. According to Eksi, the USA warned the Turkish authorities that the Armenian lobby will hardly reduce its pressure in the issue of the Genocide if Turkey goes on with the blockade of Armenia. Washington also advices Turkey to revise its policy about the Genocide in any case, as about 20 countries have recognize it and the recognition process does not seem to stop yet. By H. Chaqrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom22 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 The author of this article, Scott Sullivan, is a typical wing-nut American conservative with NO vision. His brian power is equal to the mental midget placed in the White House by the Christian religious conservatives in cahoots with conservative Jewish neo-cons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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