Turkey edges closer to invading Iraq

And not in the way Bush wants them to. Turkey has been blustering about invading for a while now, but it's really more than bluster. Turkey has an ongoing problem with Kurds, both rebels and people in general, both inside eastern Turkey and in northern Iraq. One solution is for the Turks, a member of NATO with a huge advanced military, simply invade northern Iraq and quell the situation for themselves. And while that may work for the Turks, it gives us heartburn since Turkey may just decide to stay and de facto annex northern Iraq. That may give the Iranians an incentive to move in and take the south, leading to the partitioning of Iraq. Or it could just turn into another big bloody civil war in the north, one that we'll of course end up policing with another few hundred 18 year old draftees. At this point, it sounds to me like Turkey is blustering to get us to do something to fix the problem. But having said that, the situation is serious for Turkey, and our ongoing occupation is only breeding more problems for us and the region.