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Old 03-02-2003, 09:10 AM   #9
Griff
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Originally posted by Undertoad
A one-front approach may increase the chance of US forces getting successfully attacked by chem/bio weapons. It'll also probably require more targets to be destroyed, and thus additional possibility of civilian casualty, before anyone goes in. And all because Turkey wants to yank itself towards being driven by Islam. Not a win by any stretch.
That is why the "maybe" is in the title. Pres. Bush can choose to do the sensible thing but if he doesn't... If you don't like the face of modern Turkey, you may not end up a big fan of the democratic Moslem world, which Bush wants to be the father of.
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