TURKPULSE No:107
BUSH’S
NIGHTMARE IN IRAQ – “THE DOMESTIC FRONT”
TURKPULSE No:107
BUSH’S
NIGHTMARE IN IRAQ – “THE DOMESTIC FRONT”
Each passing day in Iraq since the end of the war on 1 May proves that Washington calculated the risks and challenges of the war down to the smallest detail, but failed to do the same in the aftermath, thus causing the present chaos and the quagmire it is facing in that country today. The Turkish Ground Forces Commander, General Aytac Yalman’s address to the War School cadets in Ankara on September 29th, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new academic year, was a real eye-opener in explaining the nature of the American mistakes in the aftermath of the Iraq war. General Yalman spoke of Turkey and the Turkish Armed Forces, but what he said about the “Domestic Front” in regard to Ataturk’s address to the Turkish Parliament in March 1922 was the best explanation of the reasons for the Americans’ plight in Iraq and PM Blair’s impasse at home today. For the details of this exceedingly interesting military analysis please see the article below.
TURKPULSE No:108
IRAQ – A
DETERMINING FACTOR FOR US-TURKISH RELATIONS
After so eager and persistent requests, indeed demands of Ankara, Washington is now surprisingly hesitating about inviting Turkish forces to Iraq despite the Turkish parliament’s permission to the Erdogan Government to deploy forces in that country. A close scrutiny of the whole story proves, however, that this development is not so surprising after all. It is only the proof of the fact that the United States has now finally realised that it is at a categorical crossroads in its relations with Turkey, on the one hand, and its intentions about the Gulf, on the other. That, for its part, induces the United States to seek other ways about Iraq than having Turkish forces there. Revising its draft resolution for Iraq at the UN Security Council to the point of acceptability for Paris, Berlin and Moscow is evidently one of these new ways sought. President Bush’s initiatives in his tour of the Far East last week and the current international donors conference in Spain for Iraq are others. As for why so much hesitation on the part of the USA about cooperation with Turkey and its consequences, please read the article below.