Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Turkey And The Kurds Are On The Brink Of War

Turkish soldiers stand guard on the Turkish-Syrian border line near the southeastern town of Suruc. Thomson Reuters

Business Insider: Turkey and the Kurds are on the brink of war — and the Pentagon is right in the middle of it

Turkey and the US-backed YPG forces — which have been helping the coalition fight ISIS in Syria — have been clashing off and on since at least April.

At the end of that month, the two sides exchanged rocket fire, which Turkey says killed 11 YPG fighters. In early July, Turkey deployed troops to the Kurdish-held border in northwest Syria, which the YPG commander called "a declaration of war."

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WNU editor: The Turkey - Kurd conflict is an indication on what may happen after the war against ISIS has been completed .... We’re Already Seeing a Preview of the Mess That Will Follow ISIS’s Defeat in Syria (Joshua Keating, Slate).


4 comments:

  1. If Turkey goes Pearl Harbor on us, there will be no way we could abandon the Kurds.

    Well yes, I am sure liberals could find a way.

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    1. https://www.google.ca/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/3103537/kurds-iraq-erbil-barzani-isis/%3fsource=dam

      http://kurdistantribune.com/henry-kissinger-realpolitik-genocide/


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