**Turkey cools towards Iraq role
The US wants more international troops to help in Iraq
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he may reverse a decision to send troops to Iraq if Iraqis continue to oppose the idea.**
Seems to be one teeny step forward then a whole heap of giant steps backward for the US administartion in their Iraqi invasion effort.
The domestic public opinion in muslim countries is preventing the corrupt muslim rulers from sending soldiers to iraq to aid the americans who are having such a hard time and are now realising that they have bitten more than they can chew so they are appealing left, right and centre for help. make no mistake Iraq will be americas graveyard and the launch pad inshallah for the victory and dominance of Islam.
Good for Turkey, at least it is considering the opinions of it's own public, and the Iraqi people when making such decisions. It just shows that after painstakingly getting a UN resolution passed after five tries, it still has so much work to do to convince the Iraqi people and wider Muslim opinion.
9, I only count 2
Not very witty, try again....
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The domestic public opinion in muslim countries is preventing the corrupt muslim rulers from sending soldiers to iraq to aid the americans who are having such a hard time and are now realising that they have bitten more than they can chew so they are appealing left, right and centre for help. make no mistake Iraq will be americas graveyard and the launch pad inshallah for the victory and dominance of Islam.
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Maybe Iraq will be the graveyard for religous warriors and God willing be the launch pad for the victory and dominance of US, democracy and freedom over oppressive Mid East dictatorships. Chances are better for that considering it's been 300 years since a religous empire has dominated anything. I think Turkey's reluctance has less to do with domestic public opinion and more to do with their reluctance to stir it up with the Kurds.
Ah, what a pity… 
U.S. Faces Troop Pressure As Turkey Balks
In a major setback to U.S. efforts to attract military help in Iraq, a Turkish official said Tuesday his country won’t send peacekeeping troops without a significant change in the situation there. That makes it virtually certain the United States will have to send thousands more U.S. reservists early next year. No additional countries have contributed forces in Iraq since the United Nations Security Council approved a new resolution last month. Bush administration officials had hoped the U.N. action would persuade reluctant allies to send more forces. Turkey had been the best hope. But Turkey’s ambassador to the United States, Osman Faruk Logoglu, said his country will not send troops without an explicit invitation from the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council — some of whose members have vigorously opposed the idea.
Well good for Turkey. So far have any countries actually sent troops to Iraq? I hope Pakistan doesnt. Anyway any decision on what the EU is gonna do?
Turkey would not send peacekeeping troops to Iraq without a significant change in the situation there, a Turkish official said in a big setback to US efforts to attract military help in Iraq.
No additional countries have contributed forces in Iraq since the UN Security Council approved a resolution last month.
**Public opinion in Turkey also remains strongly against the US-led war in Iraq or sending troops to assist in the occupation, Logoglu said. **
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7775897%255E1702,00.html
Chota - Oopsie!
How humiliating for those who thought that the UN Resolution would mean more countries helping them out. In fact with the Spaniards getting their people out of Iraq, it seems those few countries who are in Iraq may do a runner as well. 
Well now it seems to be official…
Turkey drops Iraq troops plan](BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey drops Iraq troops plan)
Who’s left really - just the UK… oh and a handful of Polish soldiers. Seems as though no one wants to be associated with this noble campaign.
Even Poland is reported to be questioning it’s role in Iraq as well, after one of it’s soldiers got killed.
Poland’s Iraq Doubts Grow After Soldier’s Death](Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More)
But American’s need not fear they still have Micronesia, Mongolia and Honduras to help them out. :hehe:
Turkey has enough on it's hands mistreating it own Kurdish population.