LIKE THE TURKS TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY

Ok, let's start with the basic facts: PKK rebels based in northern Iraq have gone into Turkey and killed Turkish soldiers. Under the Bush Doctrine, Turkey has all the justification necessary to attack PKK bases in Iraq but the hypocrites in the WH want to prevent that outcome:

Bush's call is the latest step in what State Department spokesman Sean McCormack called a "full-court press" by Bush administration officials to avert Turkish intervention in northern Iraq's Kurdish territories, where the PKK has found refuge in its three-decade struggle for Kurdish autonomy.

Bush's call to Gul was part of a combined campaign by U.S. officials to put intense pressure on Iraqi Kurdish leaders to crack down on the PKK and, along with Iraqi officials, to urge Ankara to hold off on any military operation, which could further destabilize the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad and disrupt supply lines for American troops.