Posted on 10/07/2014 3:27:20 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
"As Kobani falls to ISIS, the Turkish Army sits idle across the border." October 7, 2014
Years ago, I deployed to Germany with the First Infantry Division and thousands of other troops from the United States and its European NATO allies to participate in REFORGER (Return of Forces to Germany). These were war games designed to demonstrate to the Soviet Bloc that an invasion across the Fulda Gap would be met with a powerful response from the alliance and that the allies were prepared to commit substantial forces within a short time to repel such an invasion.
There were troops from many nations—in fact nearly all the NATO allies except one. France, it seemed, wanted the protection of the alliance but did not desire to participate in war games whatsoever. Too provocative to the Russians, they believed. The French were not willing to commit so much as a squad to the war games. In short, they wanted the protection of the alliance but none of the risk. Like others, I was underwhelmed by the French and did not like them much
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Is there a particular reason you post only from a single source?
Are you paid with money or drugs or illicit sex for this service?
Turkey likes ISIS providing the “final solution” to their Kurd problem.
What the hell is your problem? Are YOU working for some sort of SILENCE POLICE?
Give it a break.
FMCDH(BITS)
You don’t see any kind of pattern?
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:seananthony/index?tab=articles
It’s blog-flog laundering.
Exactly. Fight his ideological cousins to destroy his hated enemies? As if.
The reason France did not participate in REFORGER is because France was not a member of NATO at the time. DeGaulle took France out of NATO’s military structure but they rejoined, much later.
This is making me Hungary.
Is there a particular reason your account has been banned or suspended?
He can’t answer you. He’s banned or suspended.
How sad. Was it just his comment here?
Turkiye is waiting for ISIS to wipe out the local Kurds and is not averse to ISIS getting that Caliphate set up. The Turks think they can then step in and depose the Caliph and erect one of their own in Istanbul.
Probably.
So?...And?...What's your point?
FMCDH(BITS)
I find your lack of curiosity about his motives.. disturbing.
Two things I’d like to see on FR...
1) Ignore user list
2) vote up or down on a post
2a) Don’t show posts with high negative votes.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I'm disturbed by your lack of stating your motives, that's all.
Pray tell, what are his motives, according to you of course, and what are your motives?
FMCDH(BITS)
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