Tensions between Iraq and Turkey continue to rise after last Friday’s Turkish military deployment into Iraq’s Nineveh Province, which the Iraqi central government insisted came without any approval and amounted to a violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, however, ruled out removing the troops from Iraqi soil, saying they are there on a training mission for the Iraqi Kurds and a withdrawal would be “out of the question.”
Erdogan suggested that the matter would be discussed more thoroughly on December 21 at a trilateral meeting between Turkey, the Iraqi Kurds, and the United States. The Iraqi government, interestingly, does not appear to be invited.
Iraq previously gave Turkey until Tuesday to withdraw, and has since sought help from NATO and the UN Security Council in convicning them to do so. Iraqi Shi’ite militias have threatened to attack the Turkish forces over the incursion.
Not very original. The Nazi government ordered the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 on the grounds that it was necessary to prevent a British invasion of that country.
I don't see the parallel. Erdogan isn't claiming that Turkish troops are in Iraq to prevent someone else invading.
Talking with this maniac is pointless. Iraq (and Syria) need to start becoming more aggressive in securing their sovereignty after the US has all but eliminated it.
And how would they go about doing that? With what military forces? And against whom? Turkey? The US? Russia? Look how much trouble Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are having asserting their sovereignty against Russia.
They must have some military forces/weapons, no? With all the resources the US spent there…
Against those who are threatening its sovereignty of course, who else, the US, Turkey.
As always, your comparisons are so far off, how do you even come up with this stuff.