Interesting scenario

[Don Corleone]

Well, no matter how I answer this, Tribesman has some 'stick up your bottom' retort coming my way, including a call of 'chicken' if I don't answer. So, if I'm going to be damned no matter what I say, I may as well say something I'd be proud to be damned over...

Besides, this topic is in grave danger of being diverted into an oft traveled direction (though Banquo, remind me to answer your charge, in another thread, that even a unilateral withdrawal can be seen as an act of agression, so long as it was Israel... is there ANYTHING they can do right in your book?)

IF Turkey has proof that Kurdish seperatists indeed launched a raid on Turkey, out of Iraq into Turkey, then retreated across the border, then they have the right to go into Iraq after them. If the US, acting as the extra govermental authority maintaing the border in Northern Iraq (and I actually don't think we are) refuses to refute the evidence or turn the suspects over, then Turkey would have the right to come into Iraq, even if it means American casualties. Likewise, if Iran can provide irrefutable evidence and the US refuses to act on it (rebut or cooperate) they would have a right to take action. However, prior to acting, Turkey and Iran would be right to present their evidence to UN Security council, and it would certainly help if they had a UN resolution calling for the disarmament of the PKKK to help justify their actions. Oh wait, those pesky UN resolutions aren't supposed to be enforced, sorry... forgot about that part.

Your protests to the contrary aside, this is not the perfect analogy to the Israel/Lebanon situation you seem to think it is. As far as I know, the Kurds aren't being armed by the US for these cross border raids, and I DO KNOW that they haven't been going on for 20 years. What's more, the PKKK and PEJAC's goal is an autonomous state of Kurdistan, comprised of parts of Northern Iraq, Turkey and Iran. As far as I know, the Kurds have not called for the anhiliation of every last Turk and Persian on the planet nor have they declared that the establishment of Kurdistan would be the first step towards their ulitimate goal of imposing their will across the globe. Hamas/Hezbollah have stated both, and no, I'm not going to post my links all over again. You've ignored them three times already, Tribey.