Do you know that HAMAS is the legitimate representative of palestinian people? Hamas won in the 2006 elections held in Palestine for your kind information. This is DEMOCRACY, which West loves to preach about.
But because HAMAS opposes Israeli policies, it is a terrorist organization?
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What happened in the past does not proves that same would happen in the future.
As an example; US fought two wars against Iraq. The recent one has been far more costly to US in terms of casualties and loss of military hardware. And Iraq was much weaker in the recent conflict. The only difference this time was EXPERIENCE.
Also, consider the debacle of recent Isreali military action against 'insignificant' Hezbollah, which achieved nothing concrete.
And Turkey is a very strong nation. No need to underestimate its military capabilities. Turkey is recognized as one of the most powerful NATO member states. It possessed the guts to refuse US military forces to use its territory to attack Iraq from North. Do not underestimate its guts either.