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2014-10-13 The Grand Turk

No arms to civilians fighting ISIL - Turkish FM

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Posted by Steve White 2014-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Turkey has made its alliance with the U.S.-led coalition conditional ... Are they or are they not in NATO and a official ally of the USA? What's this conditional bullshit?

Posted by 3dc 2014-10-13 01:50|| 2014-10-13 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I believe (and please correct me if I am wrong) that the US remains at only the Incirlik base in southwestern Turkey. It was home to a drone base that reportedly was being moved to the airstrip at Irbil (which is now crawling with spooks). It is time to pull the plug on Turkey. It has not been a reliable ally in years, and its prime minister is presently working hard to see to it that an Assad government is one day replaced by a government run by Muslim Brothers.

Posted by Beldar Sloque3832 2014-10-13 09:33|| 2014-10-13 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Aha! See NYTimes article below which reports:
"The basing and training agreement follows two days of talks in Ankara, the Turkish capital, between the authorities there and John R. Allen, the retired American general who is coordinating the coalition’s response to the Islamic State. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who has been traveling in South America, has said the United States has sought access to Turkish air bases, including one at Incirlik in southern Turkey."
Seeking access to Incirlik means that recently the US pulled out of a base where the US presence was seen for decades. It also indicated that the US drone operation that was active there until most recently has been moved to Irbil.
This begs the question, why should we return to a sometime ally? Turky PM Erdogan puts one in mind of our old "ally" Sihanouk of Cambodia.

Posted by Beldar Sloque3832 2014-10-13 10:02|| 2014-10-13 10:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like we need to start flying drones over Ankara.

Posted by AlanC 2014-10-13 12:34|| 2014-10-13 12:34|| Front Page Top

#5 "Arming civilians is a crime" , what about all the jihadist using turkey as a hub too go too syria.
Maybe they shoulx be put on the terrorist state list

Posted by chris 2014-10-13 12:47|| 2014-10-13 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 If ISIS fails to take Kobane expect even more hatred between the Kurds and the Turks for refusing to assist the Kurdish people against ISIS. Could be a major Turkish strategic failure in the region in regards to peace between Turkey and the Kurds.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-13 12:57|| 2014-10-13 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Turkey will always be a turkey. Sour feelings for Turkey still linger for not letting US troops in during Iraq 2003. Erdogan is an enemy of the western civilization.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Jinemble5612 2014-10-13 13:43|| 2014-10-13 13:43|| Front Page Top

#8 No arms to civilians fighting ISIL - Turkish FM

The Bloomberg strategy?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-13 16:08|| 2014-10-13 16:08|| Front Page Top

#9 No arms to civilians fighting ISIL - Turkish FM

OK, We'll just arm the Kurds in Turkey, and let them shoot their way past the Turks.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-13 16:21|| 2014-10-13 16:21|| Front Page Top

#10 I was wondering if or could the Kurds do that.

In fact, I was wondering if the Turks would take VIP Kurds on a little walk, politely pointing out that the Turk artillary is pointing towards Kobani, and the tanks are pointed towards Turkey.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-10-13 16:30|| 2014-10-13 16:30|| Front Page Top

#11 ARISE, ISLAMIC MAHDI/HIDDEN IMAM + "NEO-OTTOMAN" UCLEAR TURKEY, ARISE!

SSSHHHH ... ... CCCCCC 2030-2050.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-10-13 23:12|| 2014-10-13 23:12|| Front Page Top

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