its a flip flopping ordeal, really (which is rather annoying, and speaks volumes about the actual countries flip-flopping).
originally, france, belgium, and germany (or "fbg", as the kids call'em) were all very against the defense of turkey, as they felt defending would put a complete end to talks (or non-war resolutions).
duh.
their opinions as of yesterday were that they dont feel they should be defending turkey yet.
since that time, belgium has, apparently, made a complete turn around and has now offered at least some form of support -- which will grow.
the leader of france (whose name i embarassingly cant think of right now, but im trying to watch CSI) spoke on the phone with the higher ups in turkey today, saying that their not going to make a statement yet, but they'll definitely offer support and will make it apparent after blix speaks
germany, having heard this, got all pissed off cuz france made that call without discussing things with germany first -- making germany look bad (or starting a rift between the two nations).
odds are, all of them will eventually support turkey (and, personally, i think all of them will eventually come down on saddam in some form). their actions right now just appear to be face-saving.... or something.
i really dont get it.
