Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 6, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ISIS Is About To Take A City Called Kobane. Will It Drag Turkey Into War? -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX
After several failed invasion attempts, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria appears on the verge of taking the Syrian town Kobane. This is the culmination of an assault that began in early September, has sent thousands of refugees fleeing across the border, and has big implications for the larger conflict.
Yes, ISIS has seized many towns during its expansion, but the fight for Kobane is an unusually important one. The mostly Kurdish city, along Syria's border with Turkey, has strategic and symbolic importance for ISIS. It is already creating a humanitarian disaster that could be on the verge of getting much worse. And it threatens to pull Turkey's military — which is part of NATO — into direct combat with ISIS for the first time. Here's what you need to know to understand the fight for Kobane.
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Update #1: Turkey willing to put troops in Syria 'if others do their part,' Prime Minister says -- CNN
Update #2: Turkey wary of military intervention against IS -- AFP
My Comment: The above picture from Reuters says it all .... a line of Turkish tanks doing nothing but lining up for the cameras .... and a few kilometers away Islamic State forces free to do what they are doing.
2 comments:
You're exactly right WNU, they're there for show and for any easy pickings that come their way. Boy there are a lot of sorry actors in this play.
Turkeys never made Nato look any better.
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