Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Rumsfeld: The buck stops elsewhere
Specifically, in Turkey:
That's right. It's TURKEY'S fault.
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Specifically, in Turkey:
WASHINGTON, March 20 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Sunday used the second anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq to answer the most tenacious criticism of the war effort - that the Pentagon did not commit sufficient troops to the major offensive or to stability efforts after Baghdad fell.
The fault, Mr. Rumsfeld contended in two appearances on television talk shows, rested with Turkey, a NATO ally, which would not give permission for the Fourth Infantry Division to cross its territory and open a northern front at the start of the war in March 2003.
That's right. It's TURKEY'S fault.
