Posjeti generala Bantza Craddocka, komandanta američkih snaga u Evropi, generala Davida Petraeusa, čelnika američkih snaga u Iraku i generala Jamesa Cartwrighta, zamjenika komndanta Združenog genelraštaba američke vojske, uslijedili su samo dvije sedmice nakon ključnog sastanka u Vašingtonu između američkog predsjednika Georgea W. Busha i turskog premijera Recepa Tayyipa Erdogana 5. novembra.
The visits of General Bantz Craddock, commander of US forces in Europe; General David Petraeus, head of US forces in Iraq, and General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, came only two weeks after a key meeting in Washington between US President George W. Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November 5th.