Posted on 02/17/2016 10:34:15 AM PST by bananaman22
The proposed major military assault into Syria holds considerable risk for Turkey, not the least of that being a possible accidental escalation of hostilities with Russia, but it now seems unavoidable if Ankara is not to see a major disaster, not only wasting more than five years of intense effort to overthrow the Syrian Gov-ernment of President Bashar al-Assad, but also to avert the unfettered escalation of the Kurdish war to wrench a large part of Turkey away from Ankara to create a new Kurdish state which would link with Iraqi and Syrian Kurds. Already, Turkey has paid an enormous price in unanticipated consequences from its ef-fort to lead a coalition (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the U.S.) into overthrowing Assad.
The war has taken far longer than anticipated, and has cost Turkey all of its regional allies; it has also unit-ed the Kurds of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria into a desire to finally create their Kurdish state; it has generated a refugee flow from Syria and Iraq which is now beyond Ankara’s capacity to manage; and it has created a major rift between Turkey and the European Union, while costing Turkey most of its political support in Washington (except from the Obama White House and the State Dept.). Moreover, the escalation has led to the Russo-Turkish rift, in which Russian sanctions against Turkey are now starting to bite into an already fragile Turkish economy.
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Let Russia handle it.
No where I hope.
Obama admin will go as far as it did when Russia invaded Ukraine. The kenyan will do nothing.
How would turkey be ‘invading syria’ and Russia is not ‘invading Syria.’ Oh well, Russia is invited by one party. But we are going to tell Turkey they can’t defend their border? Do they get to tell us that?
The diff is muslims are part of the equation this time, those who want to est a calaphiate. History has shown Barry is their guy.
Stiffly worded letter all in red CAPS?
Turkey had better consider the possibility that a large scale military invasion of Syria by Erdogan might trigger a Russian decapitation strike against Turkey by Putin. Ankara could end up as a radioactive crater.
Russia is in Syria at the request of the legal government. If Turkey goes into Syria, it's a direct invasion with no authority to be there.
And we just might get to go back to “Constantinople” after all.
They're going to protect their border by slaughtering Kurds. I hope if they cross into Syria they get crushed by Russia. Turkey has been supporting ISIS all along and has only bombed Kurds. To hell with them! Literally!
If Turkey wasn’t supporting al Qaida, their border with Syria wouldn’t be in turmoil. They have brought it upon themselves.
As far as invasions, Russia was invited by the only legitimate (however nasty it is) government of Syria.
If President Obama can clearly and easily explain why we should spend American money, equipment and lives to help Turkey invade another country, then the American people will rally to the cause.
If he acts like a sneaky little shirt about this, then the American people are going to think that this is just about enriching him, Soros and the Democrat leaders.
Hashtags?
Invade Syria? What a Joke! Turkey aint got the Giblets!
Not our fight.
This is a hard one because Obama is anti-west and Pro Islamist
My question for you is: why are you siding with the anti-American Ayatollahs of Iran?
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