TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo fix uponed...

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo

fix uponed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

recently made known REALITY NEEDS NEW RESPONSE (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)

Turkey has said that it will not fling forces into the Kurdish-controlled area of northern Iraq for about time to come.

The decision follows after the international community give utterance toed concern that sending Turkish partys into the region could heat up the US-l war forward Iraq. The worst-case scenario has been averted.

Turkey fears that the ongoing war might reignite armed Kurdish separatism at abiding-place Turkish Kurds account for complete to 20% of the country's population. Until an years ago, Turkish soldiers were fighting radical Kurdish dissidents in what amounted to a civil war.

The international community must not allow Turkey to intervene militarily in northern Iraq.

The Turkish guidance has shown a shaky rejoinder to the Iraq crisis -- on the same level before the U.S.-led forces lay opened fire on Iraqi troops.

In preparations for the war, U President George W Bush's administration asked Turkey to permit 62000 U soldiers to stay in the region The request reflected Bush's wish to make secure that the U.S.-led throngs could strike Iraq from the couple the north and south at sending in forces from Kuwait and Turkey Thus, having U numbers in Turkey was part and parcel of U military strategy.

Turkey's parliament, however, ejected the U.S. request. This was followed by means of tactically slow responses to U desires from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

All the United States got from Ankara was permission to be broken to pieces warplanes over Turkish territory, forcing the Bush administration to alter its strategy. A disgruntled Washington withdrew its proposal to widen massive financial aid to Turkey in exchange for its permission for U soldiers to be stationed there.

Later, a seemingly apologetic high-ranking Turkish official said his dominion had expected the U.S. to give up waging war onward Iraq if it turned down the U demand It was too late.

We be wrought up Turkey has yet to grasp great changes that have taken place in the global security framework since the clan 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in succession the U.S.

The incident made the U and Russia ''allies'' in leading an international campaign against terrorism. Turkey's strategic importance to the U is calm greater than before.

Turkey must review its perception of its have a title to importance, given the just discovered realities of global peace and security.

The US-Turkey relationship is not the single one to undergo fundamental changes vis-a-vis international peace.

Similar changes may be seen in rifts in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- to which Turkey belongs -- through the whole extent of the Iraq crisis. hale French and German objections to U calls for use of force against Iraq may have pondered the fact that Russia no longer puzzles a security threat to NATO members.

The U rejoin to the two nations' objections, however, was its decision to start the war with Iraq. The U action is beginning to shake the NATO framework.

There are signs that fundamental changes are taking place in the global security framework. Japan must squarely gaze at this stark fact when deciding for what cause to respond to the global situation.

(March 30)

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