#3 I see that the initial agenda to begin a "process" does not include addressing the problem that created PKK in the first place. Therefore, any "process" will fail and, as Ralph Peters recently said, North Kurdistan should be considered occupied territory. That is, in fact, what it has been for a long time.
In the meantime, we can expect to see more commentary of this type, and pro-Turkish propaganda like that of Eric Edelmen, because it looks like Turkey is in its best position ever to lose its big American lobby.
Turkish media reported on Tuesday that Turkey was doing a big favor for Sikorsky/Boeing in extending a deadline for a helicopter tender, implying that the problem was coming from the US side.
Yesterday, facts emerged from a Boeing spokesman on the details of the tender's requirements--including full access by Turkey to the software codes and a guarantee by bidder's governments that there would be no political difficulties attached as strings to the bid. Sikorsky/Boeing is unable to comply with these requirements. More at the Houston Chronicle, which can be compared to a Turkish Daily News report on the same subject.
Therefore it is my speculation that Turkey extended the bid deadline to give them time to finesse Boeing, so that they can save their powerful Washington lobby. No doubt they will use negotiation time (in July) with the State Department on the CSV draft to help push this issue as well.
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