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| Turkey could send ground troops into Syria |
| 2016-05-06 |
| ANKARA: Turkey is ready to send ground forces into Syria to tackle Daesh militants if need be, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, as two more rockets fired by the group struck a border town. President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would respond to all rockets fired by Daesh and vowed that the radicals would suffer greater losses if they continued their aggression. Turkey has argued the case for ground troops in Syria in the past, although it has always said it would not mount a unilateral incursion unless its national security was threatened. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Davutoglu said United Nations resolutions give Turkey “legitimacy” to enter Syria to fight Islamic State and others in the name of self-defense. “If ground troops become vital, we would send them. We are ready to take all measures inside and outside Turkey to defend ourselves,” he said in the interview late on Tuesday. Last I heard, Turkey has four combat brigades ready to go. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 Maybe somebody should tell Vlad we really will be more flexible after the next election. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-05-06 18:34 |
| #7 When was their last donation to the Clinton Foundation? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-05-06 16:08 |
| #6 That's under Barack, TW. You never know with Hillary. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-06 10:26 |
| #5 NATO would get involved how? Sanction maybe. Sure as hell they won't fight. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-05-06 10:17 |
| #4 BUT since Turkey is putatively NATO I'm afraid the side effects could be devastating. NATO declined to get involved when the Turks shot down that Russian MiG, considering it an error of judgement. NATO won't get involved. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-05-06 09:52 |
| #3 BUT since Turkey is putatively NATO I'm afraid the side effects could be devastating. Another reason not to skip your presidential elections. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-06 08:46 |
| #2 Turkey vs. Russia would really put pressure on the pop-corn supplies; BUT since Turkey is putatively NATO I'm afraid the side effects could be devastating. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-05-06 07:45 |
| #1 Russia always viewed itself as a successor of Byzantium (third Rome). Russia and Turkey been fighting since 16th century. I guess, it's ain't over yet. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-06 01:11 |