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Turkish strikes on Kurdish areas in Syria have already begun.
- Thread starter Saya
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It's going to be amazing to hear Trump talking about "Failing American troops! We need Turkey to save us from those Biden lovers!" and Conservatives on Fox talking about heroic Turkey, while American conservatives try to turn "Turkey" into three syllables so they can scream it at Trump rallies and cheer for the death of the liberal military.
Well this sounds like it's getting worse by the day.
Odds are in a week and a half, Russian and Turkish forces will attack a. Us base. Then USA will redeploy with support from Assad/kurds
Odds are in a week and a half, Russian and Turkish forces will attack a. Us base. Then USA will redeploy with support from Assad/kurds
I doubt it, though there is obviously a danger of it. If Turkey directly attacked a US base, I assume that would be the final nail in the coffin of their NATO membership.
I disagree. I think the Russian intervention is certainly not the worst thing that could've happened since the US decided to suddenly leave. While I am no fan of Russia, at least it prevents a wipeout of the Kurdish forces and population (for now, you may wonder what Assad will do in the long run). Nevertheless, the SDF and SAA were not really actively fighting eachother like the SAA versus the Al Qaeda rebels in Idlib. If they were, there wouldn't have been SAA areas within SDF controlled territory. Now that Russia has closed the airspace, the battle evens out and suddenly the progress of the repulsive jihadi proxies is halted. Erdogan likes to speak with big words, but he seems to have lost his advantage in this operation and will not be able to spin this in his favour. Most nationalist Turks will never admit they lost this one though.
there was a opinion piece by Erdogan regarding Jamal Khashoggi a couple weeks ago on Washington Post. It's not without precedent.
That came up as a recommended article yesterday while reading about this shitshow at work. The title had me intrigued but didn't get around to reading, looks like all I did was miss some solid propaganda
Putin invited Erdogan to Russia and he accepted. Looks like it's happening in the next few days.
Erdogan has just told a Sky News (UK) journalist that he will only discuss a ceasefire with Trump, and nobody else from the White House. Pretty obvious its because Erdogan knows its easy to get what you want from Trump.
What an embarassment. A dangerous embarassment.
What an embarassment. A dangerous embarassment.
Yesterday:
NyTimes: Pence and Pompeo to Push Erdogan for Pullback From Syria.
Today:
Axios: Turkey's Erdoğan says he won't meet with Pence and Pompeo.
This coupled with how Turkish military acts towards US military Erdogan and Turkey continue to give US the finger.
NyTimes: Pence and Pompeo to Push Erdogan for Pullback From Syria.
Today:
Axios: Turkey's Erdoğan says he won't meet with Pence and Pompeo.
This coupled with how Turkish military acts towards US military Erdogan and Turkey continue to give US the finger.
Re: Last page
I think people should not confuse the EU military skill with their force projection. EU doesn't project force (because why would they?) but multiple European nations have very skilled special forces units. Germany is a really good example of this.
Geez, it's like some of you have never read Rainbow Six :)
I think people should not confuse the EU military skill with their force projection. EU doesn't project force (because why would they?) but multiple European nations have very skilled special forces units. Germany is a really good example of this.
Geez, it's like some of you have never read Rainbow Six :)
Tough situation because I really would like Republicans to learn their fucking lesson here but not at the cost of more innocent lives of civilians and troops. How do they think they can backpedal on this? There's the point of no return and there's 2 weeks later of doing absolutely nothing.
"(...)
On Tuesday, Erdogan vowed that he would not declare a cease-fire in northeast Syria.
"They say 'declare a cease-fire.' We will never declare a cease-fire," Erdogan told reporters after a visit to Azerbaijan.
"They are pressuring us to stop the operation. They are announcing sanctions. Our goal is clear. We are not worried about any sanctions," he added.
Earlier, when asked by Sky News about meeting an American delegation, Erdogan said through a translator: "I'm not going to talk to them. They will be talking to their counterparts. When Trump comes here, I'll be talking."
Erdogan's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said afterward that while Erdogan would not be meeting with a U.S. delegation in Ankara on Wednesday, he would meet Pence and Pompeo on Thursday.(...)"
On Tuesday, Erdogan vowed that he would not declare a cease-fire in northeast Syria.
"They say 'declare a cease-fire.' We will never declare a cease-fire," Erdogan told reporters after a visit to Azerbaijan.
"They are pressuring us to stop the operation. They are announcing sanctions. Our goal is clear. We are not worried about any sanctions," he added.
Earlier, when asked by Sky News about meeting an American delegation, Erdogan said through a translator: "I'm not going to talk to them. They will be talking to their counterparts. When Trump comes here, I'll be talking."
Erdogan's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said afterward that while Erdogan would not be meeting with a U.S. delegation in Ankara on Wednesday, he would meet Pence and Pompeo on Thursday.(...)"