Posted on 03/20/2018 8:03:32 AM PDT by NorseViking
The U.S. found itself on Monday roughly aligned with Syria and Iran—two nations it regularly condemns—over their mutual opposition to a Turkish offensive that has rocked the alliances of a seven-year civil war.
Washington hails Turkey as both a fellow NATO Western military alliance member and a partner in the fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), but Ankara's ongoing offensive against a mostly Kurdish city in northwestern Syria has caused Pentagon-backed Kurdish fighters to redirect their efforts away from battling jihadis, frustrating the U.S.-led coalition. As Turkey and the mostly Arab Sunni Muslim insurgents of the Free Syrian Army took control of Afrin on Sunday, the State Department said it was "deeply concerned" over reports of mass evacuations and looting.
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I have noticed over many years that the Kurds keep getting the short end of the stick, even when we’re holding it.
Slow on the draw today, are we, Viking?
Turkey has always been helping ISIS.
Yes, probably so:)
Under Erdogan Turkey is turning into something worse than the Islamic State.
Turkey should be partitioned as punishment:
A
1) They can keep the central part.
B
1) The northeast to Armenia and Georgia;
2) The southeast to a new Kurdish state along with parts of Syria; and
3) West of the Bosporus and Dardanelles including Constantinople to Bulgaria and Greece.
C
1) And return the northeast part of Cyprus back to the Cypriots.
Turkey is a rogue state.
But, but I was told the US has defeated ISIS. Something’s not right here.
Generals and politicians lie?
Who thinks that changed because of one election?
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