>> What does Turkey have to gain by >> sending troops? > > An IMF loan? > > Doug
Maybe! But I think it is more complicated than that. First of all, the question is ill-posed. It is not Turkey that is interested in sending troops, if by Turkey what we mean is those 67 million people living there. Majority of the people are against it. It is these who are interested in sending troops: 1) TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association), that is, the most powerful section of the Istanbul bourgeoisie; 1') TUSIAD connected big media; 2) The "Islamic Christian Democrats", that is, the Erdogan centered "upper management" of the governing Justice of Development Party; 3) The Military, or rather its chief of general staff centered, NATO connected, the US favored (promoted?), "upper management". They all have their own reasons/gains but I don't have the time to elaborate. Maybe some other Turkish subscriber of the list would say a few words about these. Sabri
