Turkey has paid last respects to the 24 soldiers killed by Kurdish fighters on the Iraq border, as Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships continued attacks on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq. President Abdullah Gul, who recently made a morale-boosting visit to border troops, vowed Turkey's revenge for the attacks would be bitter.These killings were a result a raid on a Turkish military base. Now I can understand why the army would respond with fighter jets, I mean they were being attacked. However, after reading that the president was promoting revenge, that makes me wonder if he is really thinking it through. That type of reaction could not only spark a war, but it could also even affect their economy, depending on how long it last. Not only that, but more soldiers would needlessly die. If that is how the country wants to proceed I can only hope they understand the full extent of the consequences of what can happen.
As for the soldiers think I am pretty sure they want justice, but I did not see their opinion in the article. I wonder if they even gave one, and if they did was anyone listening? That seems to be the center of a lot of problems in today's world. One inescapable fact is that responding with violence to a bad situation will only make it worse. Its like trying to put out fire with gasoline, its stupid. All I can say now is be careful.
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