Posted on 09/14/2014 9:32:26 AM PDT by jazusamo
Turkey has made a decision to not only refuse to join the “broad coalition” against ISIS that President Obama promised Wednesday night is more than just a major slap in face for Obama and America. It also presents an obstacle to the success of the president’s promised “degradation and destruction of the caliphate. As The Wall Street Journal notes:
Was it only a week ago that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel listed a "core coalition" of 10 countries willing to join the U.S. effort to destroy the Islamic State? Since then Britain has categorically ruled out military strikes in Syria, while Germany has ruled out any use of force. Now Turkey is bugging out.
The Turkish abdication goes a step further than the Brits or Germans. Not only will Ankara take no military action, it will also forbid the U.S. from using the U.S. air base in Incirlik—located fewer than 100 miles from the Syrian border—to conduct air strikes against the terrorists. That will complicate the Pentagon's logistical and reconnaissance challenges, especially for a campaign that's supposed to take years.
Turkey is behaving more as an opponent than an ally:
…the reality [is] a Turkish government that is a member of NATO but long ago stopped acting like an ally of the U.S. or a friend of the West. Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone declared this week that the Turkish government "frankly worked" with the al-Nusrah Front—the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria—along with other terrorist groups...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If Erdogan gets his way, Hagia Sophia will reopen as a mosque, the Kemal Ataturk mausoleum will be closed to the public, and the next “peace flotilla” launched at Israel will have a Turkish Navy escort.
Erdogan has already said he favors “Shariah Lite” for Turkey. Nothing extreme, mind you.
Agreed. It’s been a really unfortunate turn around for Turkey.
Mark bSteyn can make his point better than I can summarize it...about why Turkey is going more Islamo-fundie these days
Muslim Brotherhood was elected and in power in Egypt.
That was made possible by Obummer helping with removal of Mubarak.
If it was not for the courageous military leaders in Egypt, the Muslim extremists would still be in power.
The whole chaos started with Carter helping removal of Shah in Iran and GWB-43 invading Iraq.
So now we have spent Trillions in Iraq and lost hundreds of military personnel. Now more spending and bloodshed is coming with ISIS.
That is the point.
Cyprus is not a member of NATO. The pretext for the invasion in 1974 was that the Greek government (then a dictatorship) was about to annex Cyprus.
Well, if they're in boats, somebody with fighter jets.
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