Long-simmering disagreements between Turkey and the US came to a boil with the emergence of the Kurds of northern Iraq as the Pentagon's main allies in the Iraq War. The American administration made it clear that military intervention by Turkey in Northern Iraq would not be tolerated.
随着居住在伊拉克北部的库尔德人成为五角大楼对伊战争的主要盟友，潜藏已久的土美分歧终于爆发了。美国政府明确表示：美国绝不容许土耳其对伊北部实行军事干预。