[Mb-civic] Re: Rumsfeld Faults Turkey for Barring Use of Its Land

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A great illustration of the administration's deep 
respect for democracy....Over 95% of the people of 
Turkey were adamently against allowing the U.S. to 
use their nation as a staging ground for 
invasion...and the Turkish parliament actually voted 
to uphold the will of the vast majority of its 
people....and Rumsfeld and co. find that it 
was "Turkey's fault" that we didn't invade with 
enough troops.  Democracy can be so annoying, its no 
wonder that any self respecting neocon needs to avoid 
it and ignore it unless it's convenient....
--Mha Atma

Rumsfeld Faults Turkey for Barring Use of Its Land 
in '03 to Open Norther
n Front in Iraq
By THOM SHANKER

The defense secretary addressed criticisms that the 
Pentagon did not comm
it sufficient troops to the major offensive or to 
stability efforts after
Baghdad fell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/politics/21military.
html?ex=111207240
0&en=9f617821f7f95877&ei=5070