Just saw this on Juan Cole (the reporting is from Reuters and McClatchy), Turkey is invading Irag with between 3,000-10,000 troops to go after the PKK, aka Kurdish terrorists at least as far as Turkey is concerned. Sounds like heavy fighting is going on which could make a quick withdrawal difficult but it is hard to know how it will play out. The only thing for certain is that it is more bad news and the conflict has the potential to spiral out of control. And how can we blame the Turks for going after TERRORISTS, that's not going to sound right. We have painted ourselves into a corner and I do not see any easy way out of this mess. We can support our NATO ally, the Turks, and piss off the Iraqi Kurds, our main allies in Iraq, or vice versa. Clearly, the wheels are still coming off the slow motion train wreck that is Iraq. (Sorry for the short diary and I never thought I'd use the 'BREAKING' news bit but there it is.) Note: Title was updated to 'Slowly Breaking...'