Wolfowitz Changed His Mind: Turkish Troops Will Be Risky

According to U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Turkish troops’ serving in Iraq would be “too risky.” Wolfowitz, who was the most effective defenders of the idea of sending Turkish troops to Iraq, changed his mind when he saw the fierce reaction in Iraq.David Ignatius, a journalist from Washington Post daily wrote; Even though it was Wolfowitz who proposed to send Turkish troops to Iraq, now, in the face of strong opposition from the Iraqi public, he admits that it was a very sensitive issue. According to Wolfowitz the important thing was that Turkey offered to send troops, however, deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq would be very risky.�