"Walker's World: Turkey leaving the West?
By MARTIN WALKER
UPI Editor Emeritus
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The looming crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions may look like an intense duel between Washington and Tehran, to be played out on the international stage at the United Nations Security Council as the Bush administration tries to rally consensus for sanctions against Iran. But the crisis is also creating a number of other front-line states. Israel is the most obviously exposed, but Iran's neighbors in Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq and the Gulf are all deeply involved."
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