Hakan Aydin

As of today, in October 2007, Turkey has lost 29 soldiers to PKK terrorism. During the same period, according to icasualties.org, the US military, who is at war with Iraq has lost 28.

Now, the US government is saying, I quote:

We urge Turkey and the Iraqi government to work closely together. The PKK is a terrorist organization and they’ve killed a lot of innocent civilians in Turkey and they have also engaged the Turkish military, so we understand the concern of the Turkish government. So we’re doing what we can to help them resolve it without resorting to any use of force.

Ironic that this comes from a government, who, in 2003, first tried to gain support for an Iraqi invasion with this:

… and then failed to convince the world, but invaded Iraq anyways -with a still unproven WMD story- and caused 80000 Iraqi civilian deaths and millions of people displaced. US is now “urging” Turkey not to defend herself.

Perhaps instead of bringing a fake vial of anthrax, the Turkish government should bring the dead bodies of 29 soldiers to the UN Security council. Might that be enough to gain UN support? After all, if a fake vial achieved so much…

Meanwhile, many of the terrorists captured dead or alive in the clashes turn out to be armed with American M16 rifles, which were sent to Iraq by the US. Remember the 190000 weapons that were ‘lost’ by the US military?. The US need not be worried as all these rifles are being found by the Turkish military!