Turkey has deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, days after tensions rose to unprecedented levels after the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syrian forces.
A small convoy of military trucks towed anti-aircraft guns into a Turkish military base in the border village of Guvecci, which faces a Syrian military outpost across the border. Anti-aircraft guns and rocket laucnhers have also been deployed at other key points along the border.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Tuesday that any Syrian military unit that approaches its border will be treated as a direct threat.
Turkey called a meeting on Tuesday with NATO allies to discuss the implications of Syria’s recent gunning down of a Turkish fighter jet. Turkey claims the plane was on a military drill, had briefly passed over Syrian territory and was shot down once in international territory.
In that meeting, amid public suspicions that the incident might lead to a NATO war with Syria, Turkey reportedly requested that the alliance draw up contingency plans for a no-fly zone to protect Turkish territory in the event of any further incidents. NATO made no comment on whether this would happen, but made public statements strongly supporting Turkey.
At the base of the tensions between Turkey and Syria is Ankara’s support of Syrian rebels and military defectors. When Syria began to descend into extreme violence, Turkey gave shelter to the Syrian rebel fighters and eventually provided them with lethal and non-lethal aid, despite their having ties to terrorist groups and having committed serious crimes themselves.
NATO and the Obama administration continue to publicly oppose open military action against the Assad regime, even as they support the rebels. But so far, Turkey’s furtive conflict with Syria is the most likely avenue for a Western intervention.
Ezekiel 38 predicts a future invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran and an alliance of nations. Here is an outline of the ancient nations and their modern equivalents, which are accepted by many scholars:
The land of Magog ——————- Russia
Meshech and Tubal —————— The region of Russia
Persia ——————————- Iran, Iraq, Afganistán
Ethiopia —————————– Ethiopia and Sudan
Libya ——————————– Libya
Ashkenaz —————————- Austria and
Gomer ——————————- Eastern Europe, Germany
Togarmah Southeastern Europe —— Turkey
“Many peoples with Thee" ———– Other nations
"requested that the alliance draw up contingency plans for a no-fly zone to protect Turkish territory in the event of any further incidents"
So we are all utter idiots who are supposed to accept such an absurd pretext. Protect against what, bullets dropping after shot at turkish aircraft violating Syrian territory ? Bizarro logic at its sickest.
Turkish government love to start a war with Syria, having that implemented in their Turkish mind, they think that if they start the war NATO will follow, Look you…., the Syrian war is over, the rebels lost, the Jihadist are the only one fighting and they are terrorists supported by Turks and their allies as Saudis and UAE feudalism regime. These are the only regimes that would help Turkey in case of war with Syria, in the other hand Turkish nonsense in wanting to start the war is not a matter of a god thinking or a thoughtful matter in solving the problem, is a matter of protecting their masters showing them that they are the loyal servant.
It really is a pot calling kettle black argument. Time and time again we've had Kurds using Iraq and elsewhere to make incursions into Turkey and the Turkish government gets righteously pissed while here the Turks are doing exactly the same thing, though they label it differently, and we're supposed to accept their lies with a wink and a nod. Absurd is a word that doesn't even begin to describe this.