Comments on: Report: Iran, Turkey Strike Rebels In Iraq

Turkish TV Says Two Countries Have Been Sharing Intel, And Plan More Attacks Inside Iraq

[noloyalisti]

Don''t forget the GOP occupation quagmire is still sucking us dry. Don''t let anyone forget about the War Party and their candidate Bomb, bomb, bomb McSame.

[Latrocinor]

C''''mon John tell me we are still winning!

Regards,

Posted by Nancy_Naive
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Winning what?

[Latrocinor]

Posted by demslie at 11:46 AM

Please tell me you really don''''t believe the C R A P you post. No one can really be that ignorant can they?

Posted by skyhawk761
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Isn''t that the same thing people ask you?

[noloyalisti]

We liberals and progressive Democrats need to get this news about the Iraq debacle back into the news. It is what McSame and his crime cabal are all about.

We the taxpayers are paying for all this murder and the inside deals of the GOP war criminals and the corporate war profiteers. Gas at $4 a gallon. Mission Accomplished!

[impeach_w]

I would never vote for BUSH EVER, I thought he was evil before the first election and I knew Cheney was evil. All the idiots that ever voted for W can blame themselves for our misery as I do.

My Dad actually said he would divorce my Mom if she didn''t vote for Bush. She didn''t vote for him (thankfully) but he did and got the divorce! As far as Im concerned though, he fought for this country and he can vote to ruin it as he pleases. Doesn''t mean I don''t blame people like him for this *****!

[skyhawk761]

Posted by demslie at 11:46 AM

Please tell me you really don''t believe the C R A P you post. No one can really be that ignorant can they?

[impeach_w]

As a republication, I and every true American was (or should have been)screaming bloody murder When we invaded Iraq.

We are only Reaping what we have sown since before 1920.

[demslie]

The US invaded IRAQ and Democrats screamed Bloody Murder at America. IRAN invades IRAQ and Democrats are only mad at America. O''Bama said he would meet with the terrorist leaders "Anywhere Anytime". When O''Bama went to IRAQ the only people he refused to meet with were American Soldiers. The Anti-American Terrorist Loving Atheist Anything Sexuall Democrats are not endearing themselves to the American Voters.

[briannorwood]

"Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. "

THE SURGE IS WORKING! THE SURGE IS WORKING! THE SURGE IS WORKING!

Now our ally Turkey is working with Iran to fight Kurds in Iraq.

WHAT NEXT?

[impeach_w]

Iraq was carved out of the Ottoman Empire by the French and British as agreed in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. On 11 November 1920 it became a League of Nations mandate under British control with the name "State of Iraq".

Main article: Iraqi revolt against the British
Britain imposed a H%u0101shimite monarchy on Iraq and defined the territorial limits of Iraq without taking into account the politics of the different ethnic and religious groups in the country, in particular those of the Kurds and the Assyrians to the north. During the British occupation, the Shi''ites and Kurds fought for independence

[impeach_w]

You all should look up who created the borders of these countries. Only then will you see that western society created this problem by not seperating these rival factions.

[bearsfaninoh]

Why doesnt Iran, Turkey and Iraq just give the Kurds their own small piece of land? Isn''t that what they all Israel to do for the Palestinians? Hypocrites...

[yongamerica]

Iraq government is responsible for the protection of its own boarders, not the US. The worst thing that could happen now is the lack of response to these Iraqi boarder violations by both countries being construed as cooperation with these two countries in hostilities against the Kurdish people.

So far the US has had very little diplomatic effect in keeping its Turkish ally from pursuing terrorists and rebels from using the Iraqi boarder as a safe haven, similar to what the Afghanistan Taliban is doing in the boarders of Pakistan.

[carpriddler]

When you fail to plan you plan to fail.

[clestes-2009]

Edward1975,

Turkey is an ally. That is going to be a primary problem in framing any kind of response. shrub can''t attack Iran, claiming it is invading Iraq without addressing what the hell Turkey is doing working with Iran on the PKK problem.

My guess, and it is based on extensive reading outside the mainstream US press, is nothing. There are several reasons for this.

1. As I said, Turkey is an ally. Can''t afford to interfere.

2. Our troops are already stretched thin and have their hands full.

3. The election is in 5 months. To interfere by sending troops to defend the Iraq border, will send the US troop death rate back up and cause untold more problems leading to more US troop death.

4. Petraeus has an eye on his possible political future and since he is now over all the mediterrean operations, he won''t do anything to bring calamity on himself.

No, this is a situation where the best course is to do nothing.

[floydzeppl]

Lets see, Bush call Saddam evil because he gassed the Kurds "aka Kurdins Rebels now" but when Turkey and Iran - who''ve been doing it for 80 years now) act he remains silent.

Hmmmm...

[blondbeotch]

McVet (the imposter) OMG, I''m so sick of you!!!

[edward1975-2009]

This is going to stir things up a bit. These two countries have committed an act of war, going to be interesting to see what our response is, seeing we are the security force of Iraq. This could get nasty quick.

[clestes-2009]

Sounds like to me the middle east is moving on and taking care of its own business, which it should.

The US should support those efforts by diplomacy, not military means. Israel is much safer when there is peace into the region, not war. After 60 years, there is no chance Israel is going to be dismantled. Most of its population is resigned to the fate of giving up some of its claims to establish peace.

The whole region is tired of the costs of war. Only a small minority want to continue the fighting. Those few minority should be ignored, pushed aside and left to howl their dire warning of death and destruction, as if that has not been happening and has not been proven a failure to establish long term peace.

The problems of the middle east are unique to that region and only they can solve them. It is way past time for the west to pull its armies out. Every other country has realized this and has done so.

Only shrub remains as blindly stubborn now as ever. A permenent reminder of what happens when the wrong person it put in power and allowed to run rampent.

[kaiyo4u]

For you guys that think we will leave Iraq with Obama as president... Not really, just another cog in the wheel of the machine. It will be business as usual...
The only true answer is someone who will hold to the Constitution... But of course the sheeple want to told what to do and not live like Free men in this country....