Posted on 11/27/2015 3:14:33 PM PST by Sean_Anthony
Erdogan’s major difference with ISIS is where the Islamic caliphate ultimately should be based. He believes in the restoral of a caliphate under Ottoman rule
While admitting that he was not in possession of all of the facts regarding Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane on November 24th, President Obama was quick to blame only Russia. He said at a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande that Turkey had “a right to defend its territory and its airspace.†Obama also criticized Russia for propping up Syrian President Assad by going after the so-called “moderate†rebels rather than concentrating on ISIS. From the information that has come out so far, however, Turkey appears to have acted precipitously, without sufficient justification or forethought about the potential consequences. Russia does bear some responsibility for what happened, but Turkey overreacted to a minor alleged violation of its airspace. In doing so, Turkey risked a major escalation of hostilities with Russia that could draw in NATO. Turkey’s action also undermined efforts to forge a coordinated strategy with Russia to combat the common enemy, ISIS.
The Russian Su-24 aircraft was hit by an air-to-air missile while apparently flying in what Turkey claims to be its airspace very close to the Syrian-Turkish border. The alleged incursion lasted around 17 seconds before the plane was hit and then crashed inside Syria. The pilots were reportedly shot at by Turkmen tribal rebels on the Syrian side of the border as they were parachuting down from the stricken aircraft. One of the pilots was killed. The other managed to hide and was eventually rescued by a team composed of Russian and Syrian Special Forces. Armed Syria-Turkmen rebel soldiers were filmed cheering and shouting “Allahu Akbar,†the jihadist rallying cry shared by ISIS fighters, over the bloodied corpse of one of the pilots.
The Caliphateers: Turkey,Saudi Arabia,Yemen,Somalia,ISIS(and other Islamist armies) and the U.S. all courtesy of the Obamatollah.
We should have kicked Turkey out of NATO when they attacked a fellow NATO country in 1974. Or when they denied us access to Iraq in 2003. Now they are trying to manipulate us into fighting Russia to help them take over Syria.
Yep.
Who in his right mind would name a country “Turkey?”
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