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Originally posted by cool_chick
It may be too late now, the insurgency was allowed to grow unchecked for so very long now....it would've been prudent (as requested by generals at the time) to invade at the beginning with the necessary number of troops. Now it's trying to gain control over a preventable out-of-control situation.
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afaik.. Putting a major war in operation is difficult in any democracy. Some politics was dealing with Turkey in allowing the feed thru of 40.000 troops+. They knew in advance they had to close the back door and squeeze them till dead before they disbursed. That didn't happen. Turkey didn't allow it. The news coverage was following Turkey politics big time. Even business mags were commenting on the new, somewhat religious, government's economic policies influence and the war.
There is now never any dis Turkey chatter coming from the Executive branch because Turkey is a democracy. A different kind but it's still a democracy. What I personally like about their style is that their constitution allows the military to fully take over the country and can any problem political group it wants. Then the military steps back and allows the population to regroup.
So.. war is fluid. What policies were used in the beginning change as the war progresses. It's not static policy it's dynamic for both the military and the Executive. Civilization is shaped by War and Economics. Everything else is downhill from there.
all above a prejudical rant.