That Cheney touch. (Devil in the Details).(Dick Cheney)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, April, 2003
NO SOONER HAD GEORGE W. Bush predicted that his war in Iraq would democratize the Muslim world than--voila!--the Turkish parliament, controlled by the pro-Islamist Welfare Party, turned against its leaders and refused America the right to use Turkey as a staging ground for an attack on Iraq. There's prophecy for you!
But's largely self-fulfilling prophecy, for the way the Bush administration pressured the Turkish government to admit our troops all but guaranteed a backlash. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Vice President Dick Cheney telephoned Turkey's new prime ...
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