U.S. Aides Acknowledge String of Missteps With Turkey (NYT)

U.S. Aides Acknowledge String of Missteps With TurkeyIronically this was a good blunder. Rumsfeld has made so many mistakes in post-war Iraq that some of them have to have a bright side. Turkey got the benefits of volunteering to help, but didn't have to deliver -- thereby not offending the Turkish people. So it was really a win for Turkey.