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Originally Posted by smilingassassin
The U.S. recognises them as terrorists and thats good enough for me. That still doesn't give Turkey the green light to just cross over into a soveriegn nations territory to go after them, like they keep threatening.
Perhaps if Turkey had supported the U.S. when they went after Iraq maybe the U.S. would have been more inclined to work with Turkey in the post war aftermath. Secondly your just insinuating the U.S. is helping the PKK without any real proof....
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Point 1 : That is right. No country should cross over into its neighbouring countries at will. This holds true as long as, the neighbouring countries show sufficient action and initiative to destroy terrorist groups operating from their territory. In the case of Iraq, even before the Iran-Iraq war, Northern Iraq was not very strictly regulated by the Saddam regime. The Iran-Iraq war destabilized the region even further, and the withdrawal of Iraq forces left significant armament that was absorbed by various organizations operating from the region, including PKK/PJAK and Hezbollah. As of today, Turkey is suffering significantly from the actions of PKK and the Iraqi Central government is not in a position to do anything about it, and moreover, not allowing Turkey to do anything about it. Please stop for a minute and make an analogy on this between USA and Mexico.
Point 2 : Right on point. The refusal of Turkey to participate in the War in Iraq has left Turkey with a bill it can not afford to pay. Even showing some support, such as allowing use of bases would alter Turkey's position today significantly.
Point 3 : The Turkish Prime Minister Mr.Erdogan said in his latest speech that PKK was found to be in possession of "US heavy weapons including artillery and tanks." However, he has not provided and sources, and personally I think he does not know the distinction of heawy weapons, artillery, and tanks.
There are no substantial sources on this, only the Prime Ministers rambling until some solid source is provided.