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more on Turkish Genocide deal..

Sandhusker

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress passes a resolution that labels the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide.

Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, arrives in Ankara on Saturday for talks with Turkish leaders.

Turkey, which is a major cargo hub for U.S. and allied military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has recalled its ambassador to Washington for consultations and warned that there might be a cut in the logistical support to the U.S. over the issue.

Gen. Yasar Buyukanit told the daily Milliyet newspaper that a congressional committee's approval of the measure had already harmed ties between the two countries.

"If this resolution passed in the committee passes the House as well, our military ties with the U.S. will never be the same again," Buyukanit was quoted as saying.

"I'm the military chief; I deal with security issues. I'm not a politician," Buyukanit was quoted as saying by Milliyet. "In this regard, the U.S. shot its own foot."

About 70 percent of U.S. air cargo headed for Iraq goes through Turkey as does about one-third of the fuel used by the U.S. military there. U.S. bases also get water and other supplies carried in overland by Turkish truckers who cross into Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

In addition, C-17 cargo planes fly military supplies to U.S. soldiers in remote areas of Iraq from Incirlik, avoiding the use of Iraqi roads vulnerable to bomb attacks. U.S. officials say the arrangement helps reduce American casualties.

Buyukanit's remarks were published a day after a visit by Dan Fried, assistant secretary of state for European affairs, and Eric Edelman, who is the undersecretary of defense for policy.

"Secretary of State Rice Condoleezza Rice asked us before we came here to express that the Bush administration is opposed to this resolution," Edelman said Saturday.
 
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I wonder how much money we pay the Turks to use the bases on their soil?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEEDB173DF93AA25751C0A9659C8B63
 

Sandhusker

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ff said:
I wonder how much money we pay the Turks to use the bases on their soil?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEEDB173DF93AA25751C0A9659C8B63

That's got nothing to do with the stupidity of poking an ally in the nose for something a different government did 90 years ago. The push behind this has absolutely nothing to do with the Armenians - it's purely a tool for bull **** politics. Pelosi is perfectly comfortable with harming the entire nation now and in the future just so she can jab the President in the ass. This is the kind of leadership the Democrats promised us would turn Washington around?

So the Congress declares a genocide took place... what is that going to accomplish?
 

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Sandhusker said:
ff said:
I wonder how much money we pay the Turks to use the bases on their soil?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEEDB173DF93AA25751C0A9659C8B63

That's got nothing to do with the stupidity of poking an ally in the nose for something a different government did 90 years ago. The push behind this has absolutely nothing to do with the Armenians - it's purely a tool for bull s*** politics. Pelosi is perfectly comfortable with harming the entire nation now and in the future just so she can jab the President in the ass. This is the kind of leadership the Democrats promised us would turn Washington around?

So the Congress declares a genocide took place... what is that going to accomplish?

Well I'll be durned. Something we agree on! :shock:
Seems to me that its time for Nancy to try some of these 'non-partisan politics' she's been talking about and do something for the country instead of against it.
 
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