Wonder if Turkey is just clearing out enough of an area so that the Kurds can claim a homeland and be a buffer against Iran.
The Ottoman’s used the Kurds in the Armenian Genocide. They promised the Kurds, that in return for killing, pillaging, raping, and herding out the Armenians, they’d get a homeland. The Kurds led the horrific genocide, and got nothing in return. The Kurds today, to their credit, have acknowledged their part in the genocide, the Turks continue to deny it. The Kurds are smart people, the Turks continue to discriminate against them, history is engraved in their memory, so don’t know that they’ll take the bait again.
You make an excellent point.
I’m thinking the AKP will use the Salafists who’ve been used successfully all over the Arab Spring countries, not only to usher it in, but keeping it controlled in the aftermath. The Islamic Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. And the Islamic powerful, Salafist Calling, is the political wing of the Al Nour Party. Al Nour partnered with the FJP party in government but in recent days the Al Nour mullahs are infighting with each other. These countries are in a better position today (thanks to obama/hillary team), than they’ve ever been for their Global Caliphate. They won’t let Israel stand in their way. If Obama gets another 4 yrs we’re all toast.