If you want to win a war, you need to do the things that make victory possible. This is all the evidence you need Obama isn't trying to win or even contain ISIS / da'esh because he has no strategy against Turkey; against Turkey's actions, no threatened sanctions, no shaming them into picking our side or not.
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Turkey has a war trade with ISIS: old-time profiteering
If you want to win a war, you need to do the things that make victory possible. This is all the evidence you need Obama isn't trying to win or even contain ISIS / da'esh because he has no strategy against Turkey; against Turkey's actions, no threatened sanctions, no shaming them into picking our side or not.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Turkey, the nation, is lead by morons
Turkey is a confusing ally. On the one hand, they don't like the Assad regime next door. They also don't like the Kurdish parties inside Turkey and Northern Iraq and Syria.
On the other hand, they refuse to help fight Islamic State (Caliphate). They refuse to let US fly from Turkish airports. They refuse to let Kurds move in to reinforce their brothers fighting the Caliphate. They consider the Kurds and Islamic state equal enemies.
They have forgotten a simple maxim: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Why wouldn't they allow Kurds to go fight in Syria? The more that empty out into Syria the less are left in Turkey. The weaker Islamic State is then the better for Turkey.
No one says they have to let Kurdish fighters back later on. They could solve two problems at once.
The fact that they can't see where their true interest lies, leads me to think they aren't lead very well.
On the other hand, they refuse to help fight Islamic State (Caliphate). They refuse to let US fly from Turkish airports. They refuse to let Kurds move in to reinforce their brothers fighting the Caliphate. They consider the Kurds and Islamic state equal enemies.
They have forgotten a simple maxim: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Why wouldn't they allow Kurds to go fight in Syria? The more that empty out into Syria the less are left in Turkey. The weaker Islamic State is then the better for Turkey.
No one says they have to let Kurdish fighters back later on. They could solve two problems at once.
The fact that they can't see where their true interest lies, leads me to think they aren't lead very well.
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