Turkey Joins U.S.-Led Anti-Iran Effort

[ECH1969]

Turkey has quietly agreed to join a U.S.-led effort against Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Turkish diplomats said the Foreign Ministry has agreed to support the Bush administration's effort to censure Iran for its refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The diplomats said Ankara would also warn of the dangers of Iran's nuclear program.

"In my view, Iran is irreversibly bent on having nuclear weapons," Turkish ambassador to the United States Faruk Logoglu said.

Logoglu, regarded as Turkey's leading diplomat, told the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on Dec 19 that Iran has sought nuclear weapons. He called for a dialogue between Teheran and Washington in an effort to head off a showdown.

http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/january/01_05_1.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Interesting.

I am not aware of Turkey and Iran's relationship. Is this unexpected?

One thing I totally disagree with is that talks should open with Tehran and Washington! It should be with the international community, with the US getting the same clout as other nations. The current 'leaders' of both countries are not to be trusted to act in the best interest of their entire populations, only their 'base.'

[Oversea Visitor]

2. Yawn

Let Washington and Teheran has their showdown.

Nuclear war is fun

Go on start the nuclear war

Yes Iran will have nuclear or already has and I dont blame them

But if US willing to throw away all their nukes I think every country will.
If you not willing to give it up every country will try to get their hands on nuke
When dealing with a bully with a big stick you better has a big stick too.

[MercutioATC]

3. One issue with your post...

"But if US willing to throw away all their nukes I think every country will."

I don't agree. I think nukes are a bad idea overall, but I don't think anybody will disarm just because the U.S. does.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Then the only choice

is more nukes.

They are fun kill all people total.

You really dont need a big fucking rocket to delivered them
Just need a breifcase and a mad sucide bomber

All this talk about ICBM MISSILE plain nonsense
Reality is nuke bomb technology is outdated tech and easily available.

The potential of mass destruction is always available

There is only one solution to this
Less hate, more peace more harmony

We long pass the time of swords and guns
We living in a technology age where if you want to mass destroy another country you dont even need an army.
That is a sad fact in todays world.
We should be worry about nutcases
No trying to turn ordinary people into nutcases.

[neweurope]

6. Maybe - but as long as the US keep them nobody else will

throw them away, and a lot more countries will try to get them. The US are the Rome of our times, and for the non-Romans there is absolutely nothing glorious about this. The world is scared.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[punpirate]

5. Interesting...

... if only because, after the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Reagan administration considered looking the other way while Turkey obtained nuclear weapons. Some in that administration actually encouraged Turkey to develop nuclear capacity.

What's even more interesting, if Sibel Edmonds is correct about her translations, Turkey is probably a conduit for nuclear-related tools, parts and supplies to countries such as Iran and Pakistan. Pakistan we know for sure has nuclear weapons, and Iran does not yet have them. Who are we supporting militarily and politically these days? Pakistan.

What isn't clear in this is what Turkey expects to gain from such. This sounds more as if it's an attempt to convince the EU that it is worthy of admission, rather than as a means of currying additional favor with the US. As I recall, it was some EU countries which were calling on the US to negotiate face-to-face, one-to-one, with N. Korea (something which the Bush administration refused to do).

[daleo]

7. Who will join the U.S. led anti-Turkey movement?

In about two years.

[dutchdemocrat]

8. I Wonder if the US will force the Israelis

To back off support of the Kurds. I can't see the Turks going for anything less in an agreement. They would rather bomb northern Iraq back into the stone age than see an independent Kurdish state.

Israel has always had a unique relationship with the Kurds - who happen to be the largest ethnic group without a home. Turkey considers the PKK to be out and out terrorists.

"All of us are sad witnesses to the brutal and ruthless bomb attacks the PKK terrorist organisation has recently carried out against both military and civilian buildings and personnel," General Ozkok told a ceremony here to welcome back soldiers serving in the multinational peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.

"Despite reduced authority, the Turkish armed forces are continuing and will continue to fight, with self sacrifice, the terrorist organisation which aims to take our nation back to painful days in the past," he added.

SNIP

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=64012

[xchrom]

9. so, how much money will this agreement cost the

american taxpayer?

turkey ain't doin this for free.