Dream_Merchant
Joined: 19 Jun 2006
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Location: Limassol
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: Turkish general seeks Iraq raids |
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An article with the above title from the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6246484.stm
I would like to comment on the following:
Quote: 'Legal basis'
Gen Buyukanit's comments put pressure on Turkey's government to allow a military operation, just weeks before parliamentary polls in which security and terrorism issues will be high on the agenda.
"I have said that we need a cross-border operation and that this would bring benefits. I repeat this view now," he said.
"We have to conduct our fight on a legal basis. We cannot go beyond the laws," he added.
What legal basis and which laws? Obviously Gen. Buyukanit acknowledges only Turkish laws and the Turkish legal basis. Other countries national sovereignties, the UN and international laws and agreements are non-existent when it comes to the Turkish military (as is clearly portrayed in the case of Cyprus. Unilateral invasion must be one of those few things that Turks invented)
And coming from the Turkish military it sounds more like "Ey you government puppets, you can either give us the authority we need to act or your prompt replacements will. Choose." |
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