"Iraq's Arab identity": another concern

This article, Rice says Arabs must shield Iraq from Iran's sway, continues to provide little nuggets, though this post is more "refining" than "mining."

I'm just wondering what Iraq's northern neighbor, and our NATO ally, Turkey, thinks about Rice's call for a regional pan-Arab movement:

"What they need to do is confirm and work for Iraq's Arab identity," she said. "That in and of itself will begin to shield (Iraq) from influences of Iran that are nefarious influences," Rice said at a news conference.

Now, Turkey may appreciate the dismissive attitude towards the Kurds implied by Rice's statement, but they might get just a little nervous about Rice's suggestion that Iraq's Arab neighbors work to confirm Iraq's Arab identity: Turkey is ethnically Turkish (who'd a thunk?).

Did this concern ever occur to Rice?

Stop the madness!