[grania]

I’m okay with the Iranian Army solving the problem with ISIS terrorists who are on the loose.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Would be nice to see Turkey and Iran at each others throats.

Our troops safely out of harms way. Trump’s strategy playing out?

I see he is putting troops in SA. Makes me go Hmmmmm. What is he up to?

[VanShuyten]

Scheme by both countries to squeeze the Kurds?

[Harpotoo]

What puzzles me is that Turkey is going into Syria where they have a President and an Army and Russians and assuredly Russian military. So why are we responsible for the Kurds and not the Syrians and their allies? Or are the Kurds enemies of both?

[Pearls Before Swine]

The question is, is it a surprise to the Turks?

Islamic allies or a rival attach from behind?

[Wuli]

I have talked before of this squeeze play against the Kurds.

It is between essentially Iran, which has Kurds near Iraqi Kurdistan whom the Mullahs of Iran does not want to see linked up with Kurds in Iraq, and Erdogan who has southeastern areas in Turkey with Kurdish majorities, whom he does not want to see linked up with the now autonomous Kurds in Syria.

At some point in time, Turkey will go deeper than 20 miles south into Syria from Turkey, while Iran helps Assad go into northern Syria against the Kurds, together eliminating the new autonomous region of Kurds and diminishing Kurdish autonomy aspirations in the region. After that, Erdogan will retreat back into Turkey, with a promise from Assad that Assad will keep control of the Kurds in Syria and prevent them from linking up with any Kurdish groups in Turkey.

What the Mullahs are trying to say to Erdogan at this moment is, O.K. are we going to cooperate against the Kurds, in a way that we protect Assad, or are you thinking you will wind up occupying for good a big swath of northern Syria for yourself, because if that’s what you - Erdogan - are thinking you will be starting a bigger war than you bargained for.

I supposed having started this mess Erdogan could be thinking we will come to his rescue. No, we should not.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Iran holds surprise military drills near Turkish border

So if Turkey and Iran got into it, as a NATO Ally we would be obliged to Blow the HELL out of Iran and their Nuke Program at the same time.

[McGruff]

Tehran, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war, opposes the planned Turkish incursion.

And both all are buddies with Putin. Who's side does he take?