Thread: Another U.s. War Brewing In Mideast

An insane plan authorized by President Bush to join Turkey in a covert war to assassinate leaders of a Kurdish rebel group in northern Iraq was exposed after a former Dick Cheney aide briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Within days of the visit to the Hill by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, columnist Robert Novak got wind of the plan and made it public. It transpired that Edelman boasted that the plan involved U.S. Special Forces helping their Turkish counterparts “behead” the leadership of the Kurdish guerrilla group the PKK, also known as the Kurdistan Workers Party, in its hideout in mountains bordering northern Iraq and Turkey.

When lawmakers questioned the sanity of the United States getting caught up in yet another guerrilla war, Edelman assured them it would be a success. The U.S. role would be hidden and vigorously denied if made public. Some members of Congress thought the strategy was risky, especially at a time when the United States was bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Edelman’s response was that the plan was a “slam dunk” and that it would not take long to accomplish.

Some lawmakers also raised concerns that doing Turkey’s dirty work could have unforeseen consequences and could only add to further isolation of the United States around the world.

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This is crazy and must not happen.

Agree totally crazy, esp ironic since the Kurds were america's allys originally.

Originally Posted by Roach

Agree totally crazy, esp ironic since the Kurds were america's allys originally.

Kind of weird, the Kurds have been getting the crap knocked out of them by the Turks, and Iranians since this mess started. Now were going to give them hell. Man this fall into the "whowouldoffuckingthunkit" bucket.

Is Bush retarded? The Kurds are far better allies than the Turks.

Originally Posted by Burning Giraffe

Is Bush retarded? The Kurds are far better allies than the Turks.

More to the point.....who the hell is advising Bush to do this, and why?

Originally Posted by mpano66

More to the point.....who the hell is advising Bush to do this, and why?

Seriously, since when has anyone cared about what the Turks wanted? Its just nuts. I have no idea who Bush is or what he wants.

The Kurdish rebel group is not the Kurdish leadership. I would not be surprised if there was a grain of truth to the story. We are supporting Turkey in the fight against the PKK. This is not news or a secret. We oppose any splinter group in Iraq that has as it's goal to split up Iraq. As far as assasination plots and all, it is a funny word assasination. You do not use that word for people other than world leaders. Was John Lennon assasinated? No he was killed. To use the word assasination in this story makes one think it is the Kurdish government leaders that is a target of any military action.

Here we go again....

Originally Posted by michaelr

An insane plan authorized by President Bush to join Turkey in a covert war to assassinate leaders of a Kurdish rebel group in northern Iraq was exposed after a former Dick Cheney aide briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Within days of the visit to the Hill by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, columnist Robert Novak got wind of the plan and made it public. It transpired that Edelman boasted that the plan involved U.S. Special Forces helping their Turkish counterparts “behead” the leadership of the Kurdish guerrilla group the PKK, also known as the Kurdistan Workers Party, in its hideout in mountains bordering northern Iraq and Turkey.

When lawmakers questioned the sanity of the United States getting caught up in yet another guerrilla war, Edelman assured them it would be a success. The U.S. role would be hidden and vigorously denied if made public. Some members of Congress thought the strategy was risky, especially at a time when the United States was bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Edelman’s response was that the plan was a “slam dunk” and that it would not take long to accomplish.

Some lawmakers also raised concerns that doing Turkey’s dirty work could have unforeseen consequences and could only add to further isolation of the United States around the world.

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This is crazy and must not happen.

I feel like I have had this nightmare before, except this one is worse getting to the marrow of my soul.

Originally Posted by Burning Giraffe

Is Bush retarded? The Kurds are far better allies than the Turks.

The Turks have been one of our allies for over 50 years, why wouldn't we support them to anihilate terrorists amongst the Kurds? This shows far more consistency to the overall war on terror and allows us to work with a long standing ally.