Originally published on the CGS blog on October 14, 2007.
So, the Washington Post is reporting “U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds“ while the International Herald Tribune is reporting “U.S. House speaker vows debate on Armenian genocide resolution.” ?
…in Ankara, the Turkish military chief, General Yasar Buyukanit, said that if the full House passed the resolution, “our military relations with the United States can never be the same,” Reuters reported. “The U.S. shot its own foot,” he told the Milliyet newspaper.
Buyukanit’s comment came two days after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned that bilateral relations with the United States, a key partner in NATO, were endangered. To underscore the point, Turkey has recalled its ambassador from Washington for consultations.
Houston, we have a problem…
