Hard to argue with him

Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip, doesn't find it hard to justify military strikes against the PKK in Iraq:

"The ball is in our court now, and we will have to do what is necessary on our own if those who have the responsibility do not take action," Erdogan said in Bucharest, Romania's capital, during a joint news conference with Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu.

That's the diplomatic way of saying, "Watching the PKK slip over the Iraqi border after killing 17 of our soldiers was the last straw. If the US and Iraq won't deal with the PKK, we will."

Given the level of provocation--years of PKK terror attacks into Turkey--the Turkish military response is restrained. At a time when the Turks might be out for blood, the Turkish military has, so far, only used artillery and air strikes, and very limited ground forces, against suspected PKK positions. Turkey could have gone a lot farther in trying to deal with the PKK--and still might, if the US and Iraq fail to respond.

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