Fasten my seatbelt. Looks like we're in for some turbulence.
Posted on 11/24/2015 11:06:32 AM PST by Trumpinator
Putin Tells The World What Kurds Have Been Shouting For A Year: Turkey Supports ISIS
24th November 2015
Kurdish Question
Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally told the world what the Kurds have been saying for over a year. That the Turkish state, it's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and AKP government are facilitating, supporting and benefiting from the terror waged by ISIS (Daesh).
The downing of a Russian fighter jet this morning by Turkish F16 fighter jets in an area near the Turkey-Syria border has led Russian President Putin to speak bluntly about what he has been reluctant to say outright for a long time.
This is what Putin said:
"This is a stab in the back from accomplices of terrorists."
"Lots of oil and oil products from ISIS controlled areas flow to Turkey. If ISIS has so much money, tens of millions, maybe billions, and is acting so brazenly, it is because of protection by a country's (Turkey) military."
"Following the downing of the plane, Turkey, rather than engaging with Russia, ran to engage with NATO, as if Russia had downed the plane. This incident will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations."
Russia had recently stepped up its fight against ISIS in Syria and had been warned openly by Turkey and Erdogan about stopping this. To counter this Turkey resorted to spinning a narrative about Syrian Turkmen, who are directly armed and trained by the Turkish state and affiliated with groups like Jihadi Ahrar al-Sham and Al-Nusra, being under attack and victims of Russian bombings, which turned out to be a lie.
There were also claims that Russian jets had bombed tankers owned by Turkey President Erdogan's son Bilal Erdogan, which were transporting ISIS' oil from Syria to Turkey.
Images have emerged of the two Russian pilots, who have reportedly fallen into Syrian territory controlled by Syrian Turkmen and killed after landing. A video has also emerged of Turkmen militants supported by Turkey firing at one of the pilots as he parachutes down to land.
Fasten my seatbelt. Looks like we're in for some turbulence.
We should be doing that, also.
I hate to tell you, but that was an American missile that the islamists used to shoot down Putin’s heli.
It doesn’t say “Brought To You By Obama and the Democrats” on the missle, it says “U.S.A.”.
We elected this government of lunatics, and we have left them in power.
Obama wants Americans to stand against Russia on behalf of ISIS and all Sunni Headchoppers and their are idiots here on Free Republic eating it up!
I’ve given up on the US doing the right thing, at least for the foreseeable future. Never thought I would see the day when I would root for the Ruskies foreign policy over my own “representative” government.
Obama is now Persona Non Grata with the Russians and the Kurds.
Obama had a window of a month or so to go against ISIS , but he will not do so in actuality, because ISIS is funded by the Saudis.
Now Israel will have to align with Russia. Thank you Oblama, What an arse!
No they are not. We do not belong in Syria at all. Both sides are evil whether Sunni and backed by Saudi Arabia or Shiite and backed by Iran. Pox on both of their houses, we do not belong backing a single islamic thug anywhere in the world.
It’s not me that needs convincing. It’s the RUSSIA IS THE DEVIL factions on here that refuse to admit that our President is an Islamist.
They are all devils.
Is there just one honest politician in the world, who is satisfied with his salary and will do his best by his country and fellow humans? Even just one?
Immoral Equivalency?
Not hardly. The Russians rarely decapitate, crucify, and sale women in cages.
Kick their asses out of NATO today!
Tell it girl !!! Woohoo!
Right, Russia is more like the mob using hits, poisons, radiation, and in some cases, people just disappear. I guess you are more righteous when you kill your enemies and rivals while keeping a low profile in the media.
Indeed.
I think that some of us have known or at least suspected that America has crossed over to the Dark Side for some time now.
And as much as I would like to say that it’s just the Demonrats... it ain’t.
True - but it’s still mostly democrats...
Don’t think so.
I get the feeling that you don’t really know how evil the GOPE really is.
You think little war birds like McCain and Graham and their little troop of people who can’t wait to work with the democrats haven’t had a hand in arming ISIS?
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