From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 17:11:27 MST
Eliezer writes
> > "After weeks of delay, Turkey relented and agreed to let combat aircraft
> > fly over its territory. At the same time, however, Turkey sent 1,000
> > troops into northern Iraq, and the government said it would send more to
> > prevent Iraqi Kurds from creating an independent state. The United States
> > strongly opposes any unilateral move by Turkey into northern Iraq."
>
> The first results of the breakdown of international law are already
> reverberating.
International law? Ha! What a joke. Any two-bit dictator can
defy international law practically forever, as certain notorious
persons have just shown. The U.N. has proven that the most it
will ever do is pass resolutions.
> If the US can invade Iraq any time it wants, with or without
> UN permission, why shouldn't Turkey do the same? For that matter,
> why shouldn't Turkey seize as many Iraqi oilfields as it can, and operate
> them for the benefit of the Iraqis under its area of control?
Why won't Turkey do the same? Simple. Because the U.S. and U.K.
won't let them---and their numerous allies will back the U.S.
and U.K. too. E.g., the Australia, Poland, Spain, and so on.
Lee
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