Bizarro Iraq

Posted on 02/22/2008 at 11:58 am by Bob Cesca

Where the surge didn’t work and the war isn’t largely over:

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday — a move that dramatically escalates Turkey’s conflict with the militants.

It is the first confirmed ground operation by the Turkish military into Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. It also raised concerns that it could trigger a wider conflict with the U.S.-backed Iraqi Kurds, despite Turkey’s assurances that its only target was the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

This hasn’t even been addressed as part of any kind of “progress” on the ground. Additionally, we’re no longer able to claim that invasions like this are illegal. Good job, Bushies!

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  • jmrunning3

    This whole thing is about to disintegrate into total chaos. Were the Turkish troops ‘allowed’ in or did they do this all on their own with no fear of reprisal? If there is no way to stop Turkey (either militarily or legally) from attacking the Kurds, then it’s open season.

  • MajinMal

    I -MUST- be a nerd… When I got the RSS of this story I thought that Player Killer Killers were forcing their way onto the Iraq map…”No fair Kurds! U use hax and PK out guyz!”

  • J M Ashby

    I think Turkey doing this without any kind of condemnation or reprisal makes it look ok for every nation around the world to cross into other’s borders and do the same thing.

  • Nanotyrannus

    Hmmmm… what would be the Bush Administration’s response if the Iranian army did the same thing?

  • bajasteve

    Or better still, what if Canada moved into, say, North Dakota to quell cross-border incursions of US senior citizens seeking inexpensive meds?