Key military figures’ tacit backing for the Turkish Parliament’s refusal to endorse the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq suggests that Turkish nationalism could unite the AKP’s rank-and-file MPs with their otherwise implacable foes in the secular camp. If the EU were to snub Turkey openly over membership, or if America were to seem too lax on the Kurdish problem in Northern Iraq, a huge swathe of the two camps could well unite.
但是普通的公正和发展党支持者和醒悟的世俗主义者现在都对美国在该地区的行动和动机表示怀疑。重要的军方人物对土耳其议会拒绝认可2003年3月美国领导的侵略伊拉克的战争的默示支持，暗示土耳其的民族主义可以将公正和发展党的普通议员和他们在世俗阵营里的在其他方面不可和解的对手团结起来。如果欧盟在成员资格上公然的冷落土耳其，或者如果美国在对待伊拉克北部库尔德人问题上好像非常漫不经心，两个阵营的巨大合力可以使之很好的团结起来。