100,000 Turkish troops are massed at the Northern Iraqi border. 100,000!!! And all to take on 3,000 PKK (the Turkish Nationalists). The Turkish army includes helicopters and Turkish aircraft for bombing the PKK bases in the mountains. The Turkish government is demanding that America and Iraq close the PKK camps and deliver to them the head of the group. Meanwhile, the head of the Kurdish government refuses to act against the PKK. The situation is tenuous and getting shakier by the hour.At this point, it might be useful to consider our main priorities in the region.
Number one: Neutralize the Iranian nuclear arsenal.
Number two: Further stabilize Iraq.
Number three: Weaken the Syrian dictatorship.
Number four: Move towards Lebanon's independence, which will entail the dismantling of Hezbollah's army.
Number five: Dismantle the militia terrorists from Gaza and Judea-Samaria.
Number six: Negotiate an Israeli Palestinian peace.
Number seven: Negotiate a solution to the Kurdish issue.
BY threatening to intervene militarily in Northern Iraq, Turkey complicates the first priority (neutralizing the Iranian nuclear arsenal) and the second priority, (stabilizing Iraq).
While we have the luxury of considering our priorities, Israel has one pressing priority that can't be negotiated. This is to neutralize the Iranian nuclear arsenal. They are, after all the first target. If the USA, distracted by Turkey moving into Iraq can't manage its order of priorities, Israel will be forced to act alone and bomb Iranian nuclear power plants in the near future. You know what that will mean. Israel is the bad guy to the world once again.
Via Le Blog Drzz
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