[The Washington Times]
Turkey, terrorism and double standards
The United States is imploring Turkey to desist from invading northern Iraq to combat the PKK, a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that keenly relishes the slaughter of Turkish teachers, doctors, technicians, engineers, Kurdish village guards and police, and otherwise.
Concurrently, the United States asserts its own right to invade the sovereignty of any country in pursuit of suspected international terrorists. Thereby hangs a tale of United States double standards and the failure of the State Department’s public diplomacy. A staggering 83 percent of Turks hold an unfavorable view of America. The corresponding figure in Germany is 66 percent. The PKK sheltered by Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government threatens Turkey’s military and civilians with mayhem and death every bit as much or more than al Qaeda threatens the United States.
2007-11-13
21:09:01
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