But is it really this huge?
Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Monday, calling the neighboring country's fears of Kurdish rebels based there "legitimate" but better resolved through negotiation.
The Turkish military had no comment to the remarks by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd from northern Iraq, and it was unclear where he got the figures. If they are accurate, Turkey would have nearly as many soldiers along its border with Iraq as the 155,000 troops which the U.S. has in the country.
Turkey has the right to be upset that the PKK operates out of Iraq. But a large-scale incursion while we are combatting jihadis and Iran inside Iraq will not help Turkey.
I'm skeptical of the number cited. A limited incursion doesn't need nearly this many troops. But if true or even close to the truth, we might want to reconsider whose Kurds the Turks are focused on.
