I simply cannot describe this. You have to see it for yourselves.

WilliamPitt

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Wed Oct-10-07 10:32 PM
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I simply cannot describe this. You have to see it for yourselves.

US Warns Turkey to Stay Out of Iraq
The Associated Press

Tuesday 09 October 2007

Sirnak, Turkey - The United States has urged Turkey to refrain from a cross-border military operation to chase separatist Kurdish rebels who operate from bases in northern Iraq. Meanwhile, the Kurdish regional government's spokesman Jamal Abdullah pleaded with Turkey to show restraint after Tuesday's statement.

"We call upon the Turkish government to exercise self-restraint and not to turn the region into an unstable one," he said. "Such attacks will threaten the stability not only in Iraq but the whole region."

One punitive measure at Turkey's disposal is to close the border with northern Iraq. Iran had done the same to protest detention of an Iranian official, and reopened its border Monday. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack warned against a unilateral move.

"If they have a problem, they need to work together to resolve it, and I'm not sure that unilateral incursions are the way to go," he said.

More: http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/10/09/783620.html

Speech by Vice President Cheney via the White House website:

"The United States will not use force in all cases to preempt emerging threats, nor should nations use preemption as a pretext for aggression. Yet in an age where the enemies of civilization openly and actively seek the world�s most destructive technologies, the United States cannot remain idle while dangers gather. We will always proceed deliberately, weighing the consequences of our actions."

:banghead:

...and also, from the same Cheney speech:

"To support preemptive options, we will:

* build better, more integrated intelligence capabilities to provide timely, accurate information on threats, wherever they may emerge;

* coordinate closely with allies to form a common assessment of the most dangerous threats; and

* continue to transform our military forces to ensure our ability to conduct rapid and precise operations to achieve decisive results."

...um...

"build better, more integrated intelligence capabilities to provide timely, accurate information on threats, wherever they may emerge"

Plame's Identity Marked As Secret - The Washington Post, 21 July 2005

Anti-Terror Spy Network Wrecked by White House Leak - The Washington Post, 09 October 2007

The Many Failures of the CIA during the Bush Administration - The New York Times Review of Books

"coordinate closely with allies to form a common assessment of the most dangerous threats"

Views on U.S. Drop Sharply In Worldwide Opinion Poll - The Washington Post, 23 January 2007

"continue to transform our military forces to ensure our ability to conduct rapid and precise operations to achieve decisive results"

America's Broken-Down Army - Time Magazine, 05 April 2007

US army reserve a 'broken' force - BBC News, 06 January 2005

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004337.php">Blackwater by The Numbers - 01 October 2007

So there it is.