THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS rushing to repair ties with the United States after the vote to refuse support.

A couple of readers suggest that the actual bone of contention between the U.S. and Turkey had to do with how much autonomy the Iraqi Kurds would have. I hope that’s true, but I don’t know. At any rate, it’s certainly a reason to adopt a more expansive view on the subject than we would if the Turks were, you know, cooperating.

UPDATE: Dave Kopel suggests that we use the money that was going to go to Turkey to build another aircraft carrier. Heh.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Lynxx Pherrett is less optimistic.