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Navy abandons Turkey options, moves ships
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:05 pm
by bfez1
WASHINGTON - Signaling impatience with the Turkish government, the Pentagon on Friday began moving warships out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, where they could launch long-range cruise missiles on a path to Iraq that would not go over Turkey, officials said.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:07 pm
by cycloneye
Well the northern front that is important will not be there but the US will get around it and have plan B in place.
more delays
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:10 pm
by rainstorm
we never should have tried to bribe turkey in the 1st place
Re: more delays
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 3:30 pm
by sunny shine
rainstorm wrote:we never should have tried to bribe turkey in the 1st place
Bribe? Turkey has been one of our greatest allies. Why not help them if they help us?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 3:37 pm
by j
I semi agree with you sunny (surprised??) I think we short changed them slightly from Gulf War 1, and they are a little gun shy about helping us now