Posted on 10/10/2019 4:14:56 PM PDT by RummyChick
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to send 'millions' of Syrians to EuropeCredit: EPA
Speaking to his party, Erdogan warned he would "open the gates" to spark a new refugee crisis if the EU dared to call 'Operation Peace Spring' an "invasion."
"Hey EU, wake up. I say it again: if you try to frame our operation there as an invasion, our task is simple: we will open the gates and send 3.6m migrants to you," he said.
He added that ISIS prisoners held by Kurdish forces would be kept in jail or returned to home countries willing to take them.
Turkey is currently home to around 3.6m Syrian refugees - a third live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian border.
Erdogan's warning came as one expert claimed the Turkish invasion could trigger a ‘tsunami of human misery' heading to Europe.
Mark Almond, of the UK-based Crisis Research Institute, fears we could even see a repeat of the shocking 2015 refugee crisis.
His warnings come after the Turkish military pounded more than 181 Kurdish targets after launching a ground and air assault in northern Syria.
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Why is Turkey in NATO?
Islamic goals are not compatible with Western goals.
I realize there are valid opposing arguments. It seems to me the Kurds are living in traditional surroundings. We’re not talking about people having to be displaced for the most part.
Is it a question of going back hundreds of years, or is it a question of just recognizing the population that is separated for the most part already, and just formalizing what is already pretty much a reality.
I always love you guys who go all high and mighty on me with that “then you go and die for it” comment.
Try and put your thinking cap on, and realize I didn’t advocate for US forces to be used.
I have advocated arming the Kurds with enough armaments to allow them to defend themselves. These aren’t folks who refuse to mix it up. They’re a pretty capable people, when it comes to fighting their own battles.
Thanks. I wasn’t aware of the stats on that.
I don’t advocate US troops be used to defend the Kurds. I do advocate for arming them to the extent they can fight their own battles.
They’re a pretty capable people, from what I’ve read.
Well they’re still living in countries. Four of them. So what do they want? A chunk of Syria right against the Turkish border I think. Turkey doesn’t want that because the PKK are violent communists that won’t respect the border. I don’t think most Kurds are the problem. I think it’s mainly the PKK.
The whole middle East is just the same mess. Warring factions. Always been that way and probably always will. We need to worry about our own messes.
Technically you are correct,... in a way. There are similarities though. No, a nation didn't have to give up land, but people present were none the less displaced, and I think the Arabs are of the opinion they had land stolen from them. The land was parceled off, and two groups were given a place they could call home. Israel set it's goal to create an upscale nation. The Arabs set it's goal on destroying Israel.
I’m not interested in keeping the troops there.
I am interested in helping the Kurds with the level of arms to keep them from being slaughtered.
I don’t have to defend everything a people do, to think that’s reasoned.
The helped us. We should help them.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned European Union leaders that violence from Islamic extremists could escalate if the EU rejects Turkey as a member... Turkey signed the association agreement for EU membership in 1963 and it is expected that a two-day EU summit this week will finally decide to begin formal membership talks, probably in the second half of next year... Taking Turkey's 69 million, mainly Muslim, population into the Union is widely disputed... In Germany, leader of the Christian Social Union Edmund Stoiber told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that his party in government would do what it takes to prevent Turkey from becoming a full member of the EU. There is also opposition in other countries. A majority of Danes would much rather see Ukraine as an EU member than Turkey... Turkey has rejected a request from the European Commission to recognise Cyprus ahead of this week's decision on Turkey's EU application. The Greek Cypriots, for their part, have threatened to veto Turkish EU membership. The Turks claim Greek Cypriots do not deserve recognition after they rejected a United Nations plan for the unification of Cyprus, which Turkish Cypriots supported.
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