"'Who is a Turk?'
TODAY'S COLUMNIST
By Tulin Daloglu
December 6, 2005
Facing public opinion polls that show Americans' view of the Iraq war at a new low, President Bush delivered a speech last week to rally support and lay out the stakes of the mission. He didn't offer any substantial 'guarantee' of victory against the insurgency, but Democrats aren't exactly solving the problem either.
Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, a decorated Vietnam veteran, with the backing of House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, suggested the immediate redeployment of U.S. forces, and the creation of a rapid-reaction force to drop into Iraq to contain flare-ups. While there remains the question of how Democrats define 'victory' in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger rightly warned, 'I think to look at withdrawal from Iraq strictly in terms of our own election cycle could lead to a disaster.' Indeed, it is crucial to acknowledge the challenges ahead, and here is where Turkey comes back into the picture. "
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