From: Adam Flinton 

jeff wrote:

> Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>> Yes but do you think we would want to attack our ally ? Who is doing
>> what we said we were doing - attacking a threat to them ?
>>
> First warning would be Condolezza Rice telling the Turks to back off.
>

I'm sure the Turks would shake in their boots.

> Second warning would be Incirlik turning into an instant ghost town
> (anyone know how many people are there these days?)
>

Gee it's that or POW status.


> Third warning would be A-10s and AC-130s.
>

Theirs or yours?

& how would you keep yours in the air?

> After all, we are allied with the new Iraqi gov't, and Turkey would be
> attacking our ally.
>

ROFLMAO. You're not "allied with" you are the "colonial
master of".

> I suspect the Turks are smarter than that.
>

Possibly. Possibly it would turn into a very unwelcoming part of the world
for US service people very fast.

Adam


>> Bob Lewis
>>
>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:41a0c02f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:419ea58d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Turkey could definitely create a LOT of havoc in the
northern areas. We
>>>> don't have a lot of troops there ,
>>>
>>>
>>> A handful of jets could do quite a lot to stop them. And it wouldn't
>>> take
>>> long to reach there.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>

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