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As stupid as it sounds: because it would seem like officially condoning a war on Iraq. Personally, I think they should allow it for the purpose of protecting Turkey from any "pre-emptive revenge" strikes. Plus I'm not having any illusions that the war won't happen sooner or later.

Whatever he's planning on doing, I wonder how Blair will come out of this. For now, he's starting to resemble a handpuppet. It's kinda funny when you consider that England was once the "ruling" party in the English/American situation.

Incidentally, I just heard that Turkey is demanding financial support now in exchange for having troops stationed in their country.