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Not really......Iraqui’s and Mosul government did not want Erdogans fighters over fears Turkey would lay claim to Mosul..which Erdogan wants badly.....Erdogan should not be involved at all...he's worse than a cad and causes more problems in the ME than we do!!

They already have their hands full with the Shia’s and Kurds and Sunni's all a hairs breath from possibly attacking each other as this thing heats up......because Mosul is a diverse community...mostly Sunni though....which is why the Iraqi Sunni's have the lead......it's important that the population know THEIR army is liberating the.

Have to remember some of the residents welcomed Isis so there's going to be neighbors also fighting one another...this is going to be one complex war .....and why it has taken so long to get it formulated for this go we see happening now.....had there not been so many conflicting government authorities this could have been done long ago.

Interesting photo recently of Iraqi special forces member with his prayer beads hanging from his pistol in a village not very far away from Mosul....

Oh I fully “get” the multi-factional/ethnicity problems inherent in such an operation. Frankly, I found the Fox report of Turkish troops being involved surprising. At any rate, not criticizing your facts or delineation of the various factions involved ...just quoting what Fox reported this evening.

‘Take care,

-Geoff