This Thursday, Turkish ground forces infiltrated into Iraq in order to carry out strikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.  The story has been reported on news sites such as CNN and The Washington Post, but that isn’t the main point that I took from those stories, the main point was that a major military offensive, backed by warplanes and artillery was able to infiltrate the Iraqi boarder and the U.S. military did not know what they had accomplished in their mission or how far the Turkish forces had advanced into Iraq.  That tells me that we have little to no control over the boarder, not only that, we do not seem to be at all concerned with how little control we have.  If 500 to 1000 Turkish soldiers could slip into Iraq, how easy would it be for smaller groups to sneak in unnoticed?  If the boarders of Iraq can’t be controlled, how can the country be secured for democracy?  If nothing else, this latest incursion should be viewed as a wake up call for both the American public and for those in charge of oversight in Iraq.