Posted on 10/07/2014 7:01:28 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday the besieged Syrian city of Kobani was in imminent danger of falling to Islamic State and called on the U.S.-led coalition fighting the radical group to bolster its air raids with ground operations.
The U.S.-led air campaign hit Islamic State positions Tuesday near the Syrian border city of Kobani, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, but officials and Syrian opposition members said the militants were still advancing against Syrian Kurdish fighters.
During a visit to a refugee camp in the border province of Gaziantep, Mr. Erdogan declared Kobani was “about to fall” and said the air campaign wasn’t enough.
“You can’t end this terrorism just by airstrikes. If you don’t support them on the ground, by cooperating with those who take up a ground operation, the airstrikes won’t do it,” he said.
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Erdogan didn’t like Biden leaving him holding the bag. Meh, more optics in a ‘war’ designed to be nothing but optics.
The Turkish parliament voted overwhelmingly to allow foreign troops into Turkey... and it provided the legal framework for Turkish troops to enter both Syria and Iraq.
this is why I knew Obama was full of —— regarding this being only an air campaign, the parliament would not have voted on this had it not been something that had already been diplomatically floated. Turkey is in a precarious position, being a muslim country that operates as a free capitalistic society... not saying there isn’t corruption. They need the cover of allies to go in and fight against other muslims, or they risk fomenting the more conservative muslims in their own country.
Remember Article 5 to the NATO Treaty.
Biden is the best pick Obama could have made to be his VP. It guarantees he won’t be impeached under any circumstance.
What does Article 5 of the NATO Treaty say?
What happens if the Kurds (who we've allied with) defend Kurds who live within Turkey's borders? Then will we have to declare war on the Kurds while we're assisting the Kurds?
You can't make this stuff up.
As god as my witness i thought turkeys could fly.
Turkey wants to draw NATO into a war that will only further weaken the West.
Aren’t you one of the posters that always looks at the world from the “what’s best for Vladimir Putin” perspective, as opposed to what advances human liberty? I’m sure of it.
Not ours.
I trust the Turks about as much as I do Putin, a pox on both their houses.
Whoa, what happened? I didn’t see that coming.
Wild ones here in Michigan do. Scare the Democrat out of you when you are not.expecting it.
Has Erdogan no troops?
He has the largest number of troops in NATO.
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