Interesting letter from an American correspondent in today's Arab News online:
It hasn't made the US papers, but the Bulgarian newspaper 'Novinite' has reported that the USA has leased two airbases in Bulgaria and one in Romania, and flown in attack jets: F15s and F16s and A10 tank busters. Meanwhile, Abdullah Gul, Foreign Minister of Turkey, has made the trip to the US this week, ostensibly to prevent Nancy Pelosi from introducing a resolution in Congress that would condemn Turkey for the genocide of the Armenians during the Second World War. Gul is supposed to meet with Cheney, Rice, and Stephen Hadley.
The Armenian resolution is a ploy to get Gul to the US so that the USA can pressure him into allowing overflights of Turkish air space so that all those jets in Bulgaria and Romania can attack Iran from the north.
While Congress fiddles and American news organisations focus on stupid tv shows, the Bush White House and the crazies are preparing to attack Iran.
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Thought it was interesting and not without possibility. Sad to think that one has to constantly read for 'something completely different' about political visits' aims, especially when the Turkish/Armenian situation is itself highly charged and has already led to the opening of old wounds and violence. But I can see how the situation could be neatly combined, if not solely aimed, with the idea of gaining the use of Turkish air space for the reason the writer conjectures. Let's see what shakes out.
It hasn't made the US papers, but the Bulgarian newspaper 'Novinite' has reported that the USA has leased two airbases in Bulgaria and one in Romania, and flown in attack jets: F15s and F16s and A10 tank busters. Meanwhile, Abdullah Gul, Foreign Minister of Turkey, has made the trip to the US this week, ostensibly to prevent Nancy Pelosi from introducing a resolution in Congress that would condemn Turkey for the genocide of the Armenians during the Second World War. Gul is supposed to meet with Cheney, Rice, and Stephen Hadley.
The Armenian resolution is a ploy to get Gul to the US so that the USA can pressure him into allowing overflights of Turkish air space so that all those jets in Bulgaria and Romania can attack Iran from the north.
While Congress fiddles and American news organisations focus on stupid tv shows, the Bush White House and the crazies are preparing to attack Iran.
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Thought it was interesting and not without possibility. Sad to think that one has to constantly read for 'something completely different' about political visits' aims, especially when the Turkish/Armenian situation is itself highly charged and has already led to the opening of old wounds and violence. But I can see how the situation could be neatly combined, if not solely aimed, with the idea of gaining the use of Turkish air space for the reason the writer conjectures. Let's see what shakes out.