Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Later Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 27-21 in favor of the measure, sending it to the House floor.

President Bush strongly urged Congress to reject the bill, saying it would do "great harm" to U.S.-Turkish relations. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that 70 percent of U.S. air cargo headed for Iraq goes through Turkish air space. About a third of the fuel used by the U.S. military in Iraq also goes through Turkey.

"Access to airfields and to the roads and so on in Turkey would very much be put at risk if this resolution passes and Turkey reacts as strongly as we believe they will," Gates said.

Turkey has raised the possibility of impeding logistical and other U.S. military traffic now using the airspace.

I have to say I am amazed the President chose this pathetic way to go on this.It is totally against the moral values prevalent in this country.To let a country guilty of genocide blackmale you?Wow....f'n amazing he chose this path.He already admitted it's genocide,but gives in to the blackmale from these people.