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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.
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I can see your point but you've already conceeded that Turkeys lack of support for the Iraq invasion really has hurt Turkeys chances of gaining U.S, support. What alot of people can't seem to fathom is while the U.S. really was blind to global terrorism against other nations prior to 9/11, that event sparked them to tackle the issue which garnered a rather cinical responce from those already suffering from terrorist attacks. The "where were you when we were getting hit" mentality has prevailed rather than the unity thats needed to deal with terrorism.
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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.
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Unfortunately someone has to alter their possition if both nations are to improve relations again. The question is will cinics like Big K prevent that because of their pride?
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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.
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Somehow I doubt the PKK has Abrams, M-60 or even WW2 Shermans at their disposal unles they have been captured from Turkey itself? How many Ex-U.S. weapons does Turkey still use or has used durring the PKK's existance?