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Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?
The Guardian ^
| 18 Nov 2015
| David Graeber
Posted on 11/18/2015 10:26:01 PM PST by Cronos
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Turkey - another one of the West's "Allies" like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia -- with allies like this, who needs enemies?
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:26:01 PM PST
by
Cronos
To: Cronos
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:27:58 PM PST
by
Cronos
(Obama�s dislike of Assad is not based on Assad�s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Mosl)
To: Cronos
“So why doesnât it?”
because they’re all ragheads who worship the same child rapist prophet?
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:31:49 PM PST
by
max americana
(fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
To: Cronos
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:35:21 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Cronos
Because ISIS is a Turk, Saudi, Qatari and US creation.
They have a plan.
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:38:34 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Cronos
Erdogan has been funding and supporting ISIS under the radar for a very long time....some believe he's ISIS'S hero. They allude to this as well....
Turkish Army standing by while ISIS raises there flag on the hill behind them...
Isis fighters being treated at Turkey Hospital....
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:45:28 PM PST
by
caww
To: Cronos
kick them out of NATO, cut off the foreign aid and recognize Kurdistan as a nation
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posted on
11/18/2015 10:57:33 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
Maybe tErdogan is the anti-Christ?
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posted on
11/18/2015 11:10:37 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
To: Bobalu
No, just another self-important raghead like jug ears.
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posted on
11/18/2015 11:20:43 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(I don't always talk to liberals, but when I do, I order the large fries.)
To: Bobalu
“Maybe tErdogan is the anti-Christ?”
I think his plan is to be the Caliph, when the time is right.
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posted on
11/18/2015 11:29:41 PM PST
by
BeauBo
To: Cronos
Turkey should have been kicked out of NATO years ago but the West can't afford to do that so the Turks play the double-edged sword game. Turkey supports the Muslim Brotherhood and hates the Kurds. When Turkey realized that the European Union really does not want them they went even more Islamic. If Turkey wanted to they could shut down ISIS but it is in their interest to let them flourish.
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11/18/2015 11:37:51 PM PST
by
Netz
(```+)
To: Cronos
For some reason, the Turks HATE the Kurds. I’m sure it’s due to some ancient battle. I don’t know if the feeling is mutual. I’ve also heard that the Greeks HATE the Armenians. God knows why. Ask any Armenian.
To: Mariner
You are absolutely corect.
Obamatollah needs to be shot and refugees sent to the Saudis.
To: Cronos
The articles point is true - that Turkey is behind ISIS.
But it is only half of the truth - Saudi Arabia is behind the whole Global Jihad.
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11/18/2015 11:46:27 PM PST
by
BeauBo
To: Cronos
Because Erdogan is basically a fundamentalist Muzzie..
Because the corrupt Turks in power are making MILLIONS of dollars every week selling the ISIS oil, and trading weapons to them.
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posted on
11/18/2015 11:55:21 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: Cronos
The Daesh are crossing the borders through Mexico right now, all they need is a lightly guarded National Guard armory or a decent sized gun shop and they will be able to continue their mission like in France.
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posted on
11/19/2015 12:39:27 AM PST
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
To: Cronos
So why doesn't it?
Occam's razor would suggest because they don't want to.
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posted on
11/19/2015 12:47:39 AM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Bobalu
> Maybe tErdogan is the anti-Christ?
That’s been suggested more than a few times...
To: lee martell
For some reason, the Turks HATE the Kurds. There are many Kurds in eastern Turkey. They want eastern Turkey break away from the rest of Turkey, and become part of an independent Kurdish nation. And some of them are willing to use violence (against Turkey) to advance that aim.
So the Turks are hesitant to do anything that might help the Kurds. The U.S. just needs to convince Turkey that ISIS is a greater evil than the Kurds. Reagan would have had the stature to do such a thing. But Bush II and Obama...lightweights that the Turks have chosen to ignore.
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posted on
11/19/2015 1:04:39 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Bobalu
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posted on
11/19/2015 1:10:38 AM PST
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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