Turkey doesn't want (American) Nukes

* juancole: "Turkish military action against the Kurdish Workers' Party along the border with Iraq has heated up, with Turkish mortars falling on the Iraqi city of Zakho, according to this report. That's what we needed, more mortars falling on an Iraqi city from yet another quarter."

* " The Turkish armed forces have launched their first military operation along the Iraqi border where Turkish troops have concentrated for days.The Northern Iraqi cities of Amedi and Zaho, sheltering Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants, were hit with mortar attacks in “Operation Crescent.”" (link)

* "Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Sunday that his country refused a request from the United States to attack Iran from its Air Force base in Incirlik, despite the U.S. offer of a nuclear reactor, according to a report in Al Biyan." (link)

* this might surprise you: "White House spokeswoman Dana Perino maintains that the White House has "struck the right balance "between national security and openness."

* i occasionally highlight an odd google result where i inexplicably get way up the list of returns. if you google "nixon broke the law" - i'm number one. go figger.

* "Honoured with a (Knighthood) is Richard Armitage, deputy secretary of state under Colin Powell between 2001 and 2005 and a leading player in rallying diplomatic support for the Iraq invasion. Mr Armitage's role in the Iran-contra arms smuggling scandal was controversial enough to prevent him becoming army secretary in 1989. He worked alongside Oliver North to trade arms to Iran illegally and siphon profits to the Nicaraguan contra rebels." (link)

* youtube has a better, longer version of colbert at WHCA than C&L

* say thankyoustephencolbert.org