Posted on 10/19/2016 7:58:36 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Turkish president blasts U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State ahead of Ash Carter’s visit
By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Updated: 10:43 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will be walking into diplomatic buzz saw Thursday when he arrives in Turkey a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a blistering critique of the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the Islamic State group from neighboring Iraq, demanded a bigger role for Turkish military forces.
Mr. Erdogan’s remarkable outburst was the latest sign of difficulties the Obama administration faces in keeping the various members of its regional coalition pushing in the same direction in the fight to oust the Islamic State from its strongholds in Iraq and Syria and find a way to end Syria’s bloody civil war.
The Obama administration has long sought to control Turkish involvement in the Iraq fight amid fears of a clash with American-aligned Kurdish forces near Mosul, but Mr. Erdogan threatened Wednesday to take unilateral action if Turkey’s interests were threatened by chaos spilling from the battle to reclaim Iraq’s second-largest city.
“From now on, we will not wait for problems to come knocking on our door, we will not wait until the blade is against our bone and skin, we will not wait for terrorist organizations to come and attack us,” Mr. Erdogan said in a fiery speech from his presidential palace in Ankara.
His comments prompted concern among U.S. officials already wary about a series of provocative moves by Mr. Erdogan that analysts say have been driven — at least in part — by a desire to pressure Washington into giving Turkey its way against Syrian and Iraqi Kurds.
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What was that Illary said tonight. Talked about how they brought together the regional players to fight Isis?
Bwahaha
I was in Turkey in 1982. I kind of thought of them as our enemies, even back then
Goats are nervous
It seems that some fight "for" ISIS, and others "half-heartedly" fight against it.
This Erdogan character seems determined to become a first-class, international pain in the neck.
Wasn’t he Hillary’s friend when they were shipping in arms to Libyan Rebels (ISIS) and (Al Qada)Sp? to overthrow Khadaffi?
Sorry, I’m afraid I have no idea.
I don’t have much interest in moslems - which, I admit, is willful ignorance on my part, since they’re the Biggest Troublemakers of the Modern Age.
Erdogan is ISIS’s number one ally. After Obama, Qatar, and the Saudis of course.
They sided with the allies only at the end of WWII when it was clear Hitler was losing.
Frankly,the only winner in this presidential election is the 911 terrorists given the state of near civil war we are in over whether to fight them or not.
Erdogan clearly senses that just like the Turks sensed who was winning in WWII
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