From: "Adam Flinton" 

It really doesn't matter who did what in the long run. What matters for the
Turks is the massuve hole in their budget.

It was the same with the Bulgarians. They got hit on both sides during the
90'es. 2 of their biggest export markets were Iraq & their neighbor
Yugoslavia. Also the Danube was blocked & most roads to Western Europe
ran through Yugoslavia.


Adam

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> If saddam had been an honorable man and lived up to his disarm agreement,
> the sanctions would have lasted 3 months and Turkey would have benefitted
> just fine from the trade with Iraq as it rebuilt. Guess maybe that they
> might hold that against him?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e5c866c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Except when it ain't you picking up the tab. The US got recompensed for
> the
> > Gulf War 1 by Saudi & Japan & others. Turkey had a
massive hole blown in
> > it's budget ever since.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > > freedom is expensive.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > > "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3e5b31b7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >
> > > > "Geo."  wrote in message
> news:3e5ac762$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > I would think replacing saddam with a government
for and by the
> people
> > > of
> > > > > Iraq would benefit all Iraq's neighbors (or should I say the
people
> > that
> > > > > make up Iraq's neighbors).
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Most probably. But one would have thought that standing
up for right
> > (good
> > > > vs evil??) wouldn't have hurt his neighbors (e.g.
Turkey) quite so
> much
> > so
> > > > far.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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