The Turks will use this as an excuse to hit the Kurds, someway, somehow.
I want the US and Russia to become close allies. I would prefer a US-Russia alliance to a US-Western European alliance.
Turkey was previously aligned with Qatar and Saudi Arabia in opposition to Russia and Iran and support of the Qatar and Saudi supported ISIS forces who want to overthrow Assad.
It seems that Turkey has just switched sides and formed an alliance with Russia Assad and Iran .
Such an alliance would bring them into conflict with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Obama Administration.
One question. Where did all that crude oil go that ISIS sold and made money on Erdogan? Where was it sold and in what currency was it paid, from what bank?
“The comments came just days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited St. Petersburg for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the first meeting between the two leaders since the plane was downed.
Following the Tuesday meeting, Putin announced that Russia would begin rolling back sanctions and restarting energy projects, including a stalled nuclear plant and the Turkish Stream gas pipeline from southern Russia to the Black Sea.
Officials in Moscow have said that trade with Turkey will be fully restored by the end of the year.”
Clearly a big deal has been struck, which will affect the war in Syria. My guess would be that the Turks agreed to cut support to anti-Assad rebels, in return for free rein to attack the Kurds. Which would leave the USA in a tough position (unless Obama has secretly agreed to throw the Kurds under the Turkish bus - right after the election).
It is possible that the economic sanctions were just biting both sides too hard, so Erdogan just apologized for shooting the Russian plane down, and they only agreed to limit the fighting between to Syria, and just among their surrogates - status quo ante.
I’m confused. Seems like only a short time ago, Turkey was propping up ISIS, wanted Assad out, and was shooting down Russian jets.