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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey Dries Up the Euphrates |
| 2014-06-14 |
| [StratRisks] Water Wars: Ankara suspends pumping Euphrates’ water, cutting off the water supply to Syria and Iraq |
| Posted by:AnyoneCanBlog |
| #10 It takes a smaller capital investment to remove a dam than to build one. I think Mr. Rabbit has got the scenario laid out well... |
| Posted by: BigEdLB 2014-06-14 20:04 |
| #9 It takes a smaller capital investment to remove a dam than to build one. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-06-14 17:10 |
| #8 When the Turks do stuff like that, they make themselves and their dams a target of retribution. Just sayin'. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-06-14 12:19 |
| #7 I've made comments in this vein before, based on my own assumptions, but seriously: is the Turkish army still the apparently fearsome entity of the past, after Prime Minister Erdogan's purges? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-14 10:49 |
| #6 that'll make fasting and avoiding liquids easier. How pious! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-06-14 10:08 |
| #5 Ramadan in 2 weeks? Gasoline on the fire. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-06-14 08:32 |
| #4 More of a problem in eastern Syria (ISIS zone) than Iraq, where Saddam put in a couple of massive reservoirs. Remember, Ramadan starts in two weeks. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-06-14 07:52 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-06-14 04:37 |
| #2 Act of war? Good! Let the Turks invade and deal with the ISIS. And Iran. Thos ISIL folks forget the last Caliphate was a Turkish one, prior to WW1. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-06-14 01:51 |
| #1 That is an act of war. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-14 01:24 |