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originally posted by: Shuye
All signs are showing we are in the midst of WW3, this will only get worse...
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: rigel4
I'd have no problem with that, save for this...
Is NATO membership keeping him in check, or giving him the moxie to do all this? Until we know which one, not sure if expelling Turkey would be wise. But it'd be an option, certainly.
originally posted by: rigel4
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: rigel4
I'd have no problem with that, save for this...
Is NATO membership keeping him in check, or giving him the moxie to do all this? Until we know which one, not sure if expelling Turkey would be wise. But it'd be an option, certainly.
That’s a very good point that i had only half considered..
keeping him in NATO could be NATO's strategy for now.
Russia might think of taking liberty's otherwise?
originally posted by: MrSpad
Well to be honest the YPG are pretty much terrorists. They work with the PKK which the US and everybody else recognizes a terrorist organization and they have among their membership Turkish members of Marxist-Leninist Communist Party another terrorist group.
However, The YPG were formed after Syrian forces crushed a Kurdish uprising in 2004. So they hate Assad and they hate ISIS and they can fight. So the US is willing to ignore the terrorist ties and the fact they tend to attack the other Syrian Kurdish groups whenever they want something they have.
So yeah the YPG are not good guys but, they are useful so long as they hate ISIS and Assad. And since most Kurdish groups in Syria do no get along with them, their is no reason they can not be used now and then dealt with later. Granted I can see why the Turks see them as a more immediate problem but, if the can just be patient they can get what they want later.
Turkey Demands US Brand Kurds "Terrorists" If Washington refuses, "measures will be taken."
NATO has already said they will not support Turkish aggression and will not be dragged into a war with Russia.