Lest we forget the other reason the Turks don't like the US

[othermeans]

"Wolfowitz, one of the leading neo-con hawks who got us into this horrible mess in Iraq, is such a clumsy diplomat that he not only couldn't get our old ally Turkey to even let us use its bases during the war, he actually implicitly threatened them with a little regime change in their own country by way of a military coup -- all the better to bring democracy to Iraq, of course. One is reduced to whimpering plaintively, PLEASE give me a break."

Molly Ivins

http://www.freepress.org/columns.php?strFunc=display&strID=730&strYear=2003&strAuthor=1

[lovedems]

1. What do you suppose the chances are South Korea has also been

threatened?

I am certain they were told if they didn't send troops, ours would be leaving. If we left, North Korea would surely invade. I sense a threat in the South Koreans sending troops to Iraq, a big one.

[othermeans]

2. I hadn't considered that but....

I think you might have a very solid point. When you've got a madman running the country just north of you you might have to make a deal with a madman an ocean away.

[struggle4progress]

3. Frank's press release last year bashed Wolfowitz well for this:

http://www.house.gov/frank/wolfowitz2003.html