General Franks :Turkey had given wider support

Speaking at a session of a committee of the US Congress, General Tommy Franks said that he did not agree to the view that forces of ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would have be defeated more easily if Turkey had given wider support and had allowed its territory to be used by US forces as a spring board to launch an invasion of Northern Iraq.
Franks said that Turkey had greatly assisted the war effort of the coalition forces in Iraq, opening its airspace and giving logistical support.