Posted on 11/02/2016 8:27:22 PM PDT by Lorianne
Hours after Turkey deployed tanks and military vehicles to its southern border town of Silopi — and just days after Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan said his military might pursue Kurdish fighters across the border into Iraq — Rudaw news service reported Wednesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned the Turkish military it will “pay a heavy price” if it crosses the border.
“We do not want to fight Turkey. We do not want a confrontation with Turkey,” Abadi said while speaking to journalists in Baghdad on Tuesday.
“God forbid, even if we engage in war with them, the Turks will pay a heavy price. They will be damaged. Yes, we too will be damaged, but whenever a country fights a neighboring country, there will be no winner, both will end up losing.”
Stating that “[they] will fight them and [they will] look at them and treat them as the enemy” if Turkish forces make a move into Iraq, Abadi added:
“We are not afraid of Turkey, but the aftermath of the emergence of a new war. We do not want that. We want [a] reduction of the problems, not escalation.”
Last week, President Erdogan declared he may order his military to cross over into the northwestern Iraqi region on Sinjar. The Turkish leader claimed defense as a justification. Sinjar, he says, is the center of a growing Kurdish presence along the border.
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Kerry can send in James Taylor.
Obama can draw another line.
Good. Let the Kurds pick up the pieces.
When Hillary gets in next week they will be too afraid to start a war.
Great foreign policy. What do you expect from a bunch of pedophile sex perverts.
I’m not liking the implications of Turkey going after the Kurds.
I hope the Kurds kick their ass.
The best thing for our young men is the LEAVE!!! WE DON’T CARE WHAT THEY DO!! It is all Sunni Shiite bull crap and we can’t care!! GET OUT!!!
No. They really do not want a confrontation with Turkiye.
As do I but I would then be losing a bet.
LOL, she’ll arm and fund Turkey.
Oh oh... what did you do? “:^)
Wasn’t there also supposed to be near war between India and Pakistan a few days ago? The whole continent is going up in flames thanks to that evil cow hitlery, dumba$$ obama, and the low wattage Kerry.
I’m not liking the implications of Turkey going after the Kurds.
I hope the Kurds kick their ass.
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Poorly equipped light infantry versus combined arms on flat, barren land. I suppose they can dig.
I detest Erdogan’s Turkey. Will NATO support this outrage was well?
Thanks. Europe is so far gone, who knows.
They’ve brought brutal life and death blackmailers into their midst. They are very vulnerable.
So, the Turks drive into Iraq, and then get caught between the Kurds to the north and the Iraqis and Shiites (Iranians) to the south. Their only hope would be Erdogan’s Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS buddies. I think the Russians and Assad might sit this one out, or use the distraction to push back the rebels, ISIS, and al-Nusra(al-Qaeda).
This is starting to look too much like all those Balkan conflicts just before WWI.
I have a Pastor friend who spent time with the Kurds on mission.
He became very fond of the people.
He wrote a book on the Kurds, or as he referred to them as the Medes. It’s called the “Children of the Magi.”
The Kurds used to be known as the Medes. Some people are familiar with the short phrase the Medes and the Persians. (The Kurds and Iran)
I agree! Let them stew in their own putrid juices!
Its Turk-Kurd bullcrap, not strictly Sunni-Shiite.
Or rather, the Shiites are tangentially involved.
Actually, I think the Turks may really intend to save their ISIS pals.
They have to pass through Kurdistan first, before getting to Shiite Iraq.
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