“.... an Islamist Prime Minister of Turkey has been aiding ISIS because it advances Islam.”
And not ALL of Islam, the heavy emphasis has been to support Sunni Islam. In this, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, and deeper down, the royals of Saudi Arabia have all been complicit.
While Turkey is not openly at odds with the regime of Bashar al-Assad, they have been complicit with the surge of “Syrian” refugees to Greece, to Germany, and beyond. Turkey has become something of a player in international oil commerce, not because they produce very much oil themselves, but because the act as brokers for ISIS in providing a market for the crude oil that ISIS has expropriated from Iraq, and to some degree, what fields they control within Syria.
These are all STOLEN GOODS, and Turkey is acting as the fence.
Arrayed against the Arabic tribes that make up much of the Sunni population of Syria, the Iranian Shi’ites have joined the fight to keep Bashar al-Assad in power, and linked up with Russia.
Can’t keep the players straight without a scorecard. And the card itself changes with alarming frequency, sometimes on a day-to-day basis.
Thisssss is the Middle Easssst, the scorpion hissed.
And 0bama has been quick to come to Erdogan’s defense.
Simultaneously, 0bama provides Iran with boat loads of cash and a path to nuclear weapons.
It seems that 0bama’s goal is for the continuation of this war (Sunni vs Shiite) and the destabilization of the entire region.
He seems to be very comfortable projecting his “community organizing” skills on a global stage.