Posted on 02/14/2016 7:59:55 AM PST by amorphous
On Saturday, the geopolitical world was shocked when Turkey began shelling Aleppo, where the Syrian opposition has its back against the wall in the face of an aggressive advance by Hezbollah and the IRGC supported, of course, by Russian airstrikes.
To be sure, everyone knew Ankara and Riyadh would have to do something quick if they wanted to preserve the rebellion. Their proxies are being rolled up rapidly by Hassan Nasrallah's army and Vladimir Putin's air force juggernaut. But few expected the escalation would come so quickly.
But Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unpredictable (just ask the lone surviving pilot of the Su-24 Turkey shot down in November) and this weekend, he decided that there's no time like the present when it comes to starting World War III.
Officially, Turkey says it's shelling Kurdish positions in Syria in self defense. It’s all about securing the border against hostiles, Ankara says. Of course the idea that the YPG are set to invade Turkey is laughable. The Syrian Kurds have secured enough space in their own country to declare an autonomous proto-state, and they needn’t aspire to capturing Turkish territory.
But for Erdogan, that's precisely the problem. Ankara fears the YPG’s gains will embolden the PKK militarily and the HDP politically and last June’s elections clearly suggest that an emboldened Kurdish minority has the power to shake up the political scene.
And so, Turkey is set to take the fight to Syria in the name of fighting "terrorists", which for Erdogan, means eradicating the Kurds.
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Turtle Mcconnell gave Obambie unlimited war powers recently. If he decides to go to war, he will. Despite what you and I want.
Oh crap.
I keep forgetting what is running the Senate.
It does seem like that’s the world war cycle.
1) They start it.
2) They foul it up.
3) We get sucked in.
4) We finish it.
5) They then get a few years to arm-up and start the whole thing over again.
How 'bout on the road to Armageddon?
“They are free to have “WW3â€
We aren’t participating.”
That would be nice; but it unfortunately never works that way.
What’s missing is President Biden. It was his idea. Wait a few months.
Anyone who opposes the corrupt, Wahhabi Saudies and Turks should be our good friend
...or at least allies.
True enough if we lose.
“They are free to have “WW3â€
We aren’t participating.”
Not to worry, we don’t participate in anything since obama leads from behind. I’ve never heard of anything so stupid in my life.
Now, Now, Now, there will be peace in the Middle East after it becomes a glass parking lot.
Lifting sanctions on Iran has forced the Sunni’s into total war. And of course getting no concessions from Russia allowed the Russians to jump in ahead of the Sunni forces. You can say Obama/Kerry/Clinton/McCain were the dumbest leaders in our history or perhaps the most evil. Same difference either way.
Americans said the same things in 1939.
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