Posted on 12/10/2015 1:12:38 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
As we reported earlier today, tensions between Russia and Turkey are heating up -- fast. Last month, Turkey took down a Russian jet flying over Syria and, Ankara says, Turkey. Ever since, the autocratic rulers of both countries have been at loggerheads.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's initial reaction was to implement sanctions against Turkey in an attempt to hurt its economy. Next he accused the Turks of secretly funding ISIS by buying its oil. His third step to intimidate Turkey became clear today: surrounding the country with an impressive Russian military presence.
Although Turkey initially tried to reach out to Putin, the Islamist-led government gradually came to realize that the Russian leader is not to be easily placated. As a result, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan launched a PR campaign of his own, among other things accusing Russia and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad of buying oil from ISIS. He also contacted other countries, such as Azerbaijan and Qatar, in an attempt to purchase more natural gas from them, which would make Turkey less dependent on Russia.
Today, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu joined this war of words by declaring that Russia is carrying out an "ethnic cleansing" in Latakia, in northern Syria. As he told members of the international media in Istanbul:
"Russia is trying to carry out an ethnic cleansing in northern Latakia to force out all Turkmen and the Sunni population who do not have good relations with the regime. They want to expel them, they want to ethnically cleanse this area so that the regime and Russian bases in Latakia and Tartus are protected."
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How ironic.
[As we reported earlier today, tensions between Russia and Turkey are heating up — fast.]
Yikes
“How to Win Friends and Influence them to not kick your butt.” NOT
It’s pretty interesting how a Democratic President in the U.S. got us all to cower in fear of the Russians.
If I were a US President and really wanting to do something about the killing, etc. I believe I’d try for a coalition to partition off part of Syria, protect it with no-fly, no-incursion forces (a real coalition) and give (i.e., make) refugees a place to live safely. No emigration, no exodus, no new entitlement citizens in the west.
We could call it “Palestine.”
Expel Turkey from NATO!
I would bomb that scumbag Assad into the dirt, and then bomb the new crew if they looked at me sideways. There ya’ have it: now the paleos (and the Russians) will call me a neocon.
trigger words
Not me. I like Assad. He’s an eye doctor. He helps people.
So it's not ethnic at all, but political. "not have good relations with the regime" means they support ISIS and Al Qaeda.
“Ethnic Cleansing” Wow! That’s a word we have not heard since Muslims have been rampaging against Christians, Jews and even-apostate, meek and mild fellow Muslims.
It is OK for the extended caliphate diaspora to be totally pure Muslim, but let someone else strike out to make a buffer zone for their own security, and we hear the howls of outrage! ☺
God, I hope he wipes the Turkmen out
LOL!
Speak for yourself pajama boy!
Interesting that you take the side of John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Obama and Hillary...Who next do you want to eliminate, Netanyahu, Trump and then Cruz???
Putin Is Carrying Out ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Syria.
They say that like it’s a bad thing.
Once again, a helpful safety tip to Erdogan, DONT TEASE THE BEAR!
Assad may be bad but there is always worse.
How vp can anyone listen seriously to a member of this turkish government ?
It worked for the Turks! Just ask the Armenians
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