kurtis Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 What do you guys think of this mess?? They will probably roll tanks across the border tomorrow. Hopefully Russia and SAA doesn't respond. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42759944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, kurtis said: What do you guys think of this mess?? They will probably roll tanks across the border tomorrow. Hopefully Russia and SAA doesn't respond. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42759944 Not a chance Turkey's doing this without Russian approval. The Kurds in the north are rivals to Assad. The Russians and Turks have a joint interest in subduing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Israelis, Saudis, Iranians..potential for so many to get involved. In my war starting? thread, mentioned this a coupla' days back. All these revelations coming out about "The Deep State". So I was concerned they'd ensure war starts some/any/every-where. People at/near the top can get away with all kinds of shyte in times of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Turkey is p*ssed off with their fellow NATO members in general and the US in particular and has been cozying up to both Russia and Iran. Russia is backing this up all the way. Putin wants the Anti-Assad forces/rebels destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: Turkey is p*ssed off with their fellow NATO members in general and the US in particular and has been cozying up to both Russia and Iran. Russia is backing this up all the way. Putin wants the Anti-Assad forces/rebels destroyed. What about the FSA that replace them if they do end up taking the area ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, kurtis said: What about the FSA that replace them if they do end up taking the area ? What about them? http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkey-deploys-thousands-fsa-rebels-syria-border-180120070616740.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: What about them? http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkey-deploys-thousands-fsa-rebels-syria-border-180120070616740.html The russian and the Syrian Airforce have been bombing the crap out of them in idlib.. If they take Kurdish region, wont they just start bombing that area?? It seems the FSA is deeply mixed with HTS in Idlib.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, kurtis said: The russian and the Syrian Airforce have been bombing the crap out of them in idlib.. If they take Kurdish region, wont they just start bombing that area?? Turkey is using the FSA as a personal fighting force against the Kurds. My guess would be that they'll dig in with the FSA and their own troops and hunt the Kurds down with ground troops while Russia does a share of the bombing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 @kurtisI'm going to have to continue this tomorrow. It's almost 3:30 am here and I'm gonna head to bed. Enjoy your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralus91 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yeah... totally didn't see that coming. Not a good place for minorities, especially not for those sitting in one of the richer areas of the middle east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Been saying for a while Turkey should be tossed out of NATO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Ryan Strome said: Been saying for a while Turkey should be tossed out of NATO. Turkey has been building small arms and weapons for a while now. I doubt they'd even care at this point. They can buy from other nations (i.e. Russia, Czechs) for the things they can't build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Turkey has been building small arms and weapons for a while now. I doubt they'd even care at this point. They can buy from other nations (i.e. Russia, Czechs) for the things they can't build. What if all the sudden down the road they have issues with Russia? Not being a NATO member could be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldoescobar Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 34 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: What if all the sudden down the road they have issues with Russia? Not being a NATO member could be an issue. I think that may be sooner rather than later. I don't think Russia, Iran and specially Assad are too happy with this latest move on Turkey's part. Personally I think this is more than them going after Kurds and perhaps them trying to slowly move in on Syria and Assad now that everyone (Russia the US etc etc) is chasing ISIS to their end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jay 22 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I don't know the entirety of the geo politics happening in the Middle East right now. With that said, how can Turkey attack the Kurds when they are US backed and in the middle of fighting ISIS? In their statement, they said they were only moving to attack "terrorists." Is this a "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation between Turkey/US/Russia, or is Erdogan finally showing his true colors in the fight against ISIS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Ryan Strome said: Been saying for a while Turkey should be tossed out of NATO. On Thanksgiving, Turkey said they may spare the POTUS..gobble, gobble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, Blue Jay 22 said: I don't know the entirety of the geo politics happening in the Middle East right now. With that said, how can Turkey attack the Kurds when they are US backed and in the middle of fighting ISIS? In their statement, they said they were only moving to attack "terrorists." Is this a "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation between Turkey/US/Russia, or is Erdogan finally showing his true colors in the fight against ISIS? In ME with the global chess board, Israel's agenda has to also be considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 8 hours ago, Ryan Strome said: Been saying for a while Turkey should be tossed out of NATO. Turkey should have never been admitted into NATO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: Turkey should have never been admitted into NATO. I agree. I think it was a strategic location for the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: I agree. I think it was a strategic location for the U.S. Wasn’t it the Turks that started the troubles leading to WWI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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