Posted on 08/25/2016 12:30:54 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Turkey launched its most ambitious operation of the Syrian conflict on Wednesday with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying it targeted the double threat from Islamic State extremists and Syrian Kurdish militias.
Turkey says the air and ground operation dubbed "Euphrates Shield" will clear jihadists from the Syrian town of Jarabulus, which lies directly opposite the Turkish town of Karkamis.
The operation was launched just days after Ankara appeared to soften its often-confrontational line on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom Turkey wants to see removed.
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Don’t believe anything you read about that “war.”
NATO is indeed outraged, has been since they invaded Serbia to install the Islamic terrorist KLA in Kosovo.
The machinations are this: Iran and Turkey are in competition for the premier influence in the middle east or vis-a-vis the Caliphate.
It’s no mere coincidence that Turkey made up with Israel.
Interesting, Erdogan acts like Turkey should lead the emerging Caliphate, that would restore the Ottoman Empire.
While the Saudi and Gulf States are losing influence and power economically and militarily.
To kill Kurds
He has for a while now
Good point. Erdogan would dearly love to do away with Assad, so this looks to me like a smokescreen.
” IS” cleared out of. there before the Turkish invasion
The Turks target was the YPG Kurds that the U.S. in propping uo as a “ democratic” anti Assad rebel group. Our goal is to further the destabilization of SYRIA. By whatever means.
Problem is the YPG expects to get its own Kurdistan out of this and neither Erdigan NOR Assad wants that. so the Kurds are getting played and Russia in picking off Turkey as another “ fiormer” US ally
The Iranians have a large bounty out for capture of Americans so this is going to end in disaster for some poor order- obeying American troops illegally inserted into Syria
A few days ago, a Major in the IDF said the report of Turkey going into Syria to fight isis is a lie, they are there to fight the Kurds.
Of course the Turks use every opportunity to kill Kurds. I do not write the headlines, nor can I change them.
My comments center around the Kurds getting screwed by Obama and everybody else, however it is becoming their own fault as they signed on with Obama, alienated those that protected them, and now they get their reward for doing so.
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