He made it clear yesterday that this is definitely a war he doesn’t want, but Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned today that the nation is “not far from war” with neighboring Syria after yet another mortar shell strayed across the border into Turkey.
Turkey’s parliament was already on board for the conflict, voting for cross-border attacks yesterday, and the Turkish military has continued striking Syria for three straight days now.
So while Erdogan is putting this in the context of Syria “testing Turkey’s patience,” it may well be that continued tensions and cross-border incidents could be putting him in a tough position, faced with growing internal calls to start a war as well as major antiwar rallies in northern Turkey.
In the end, while today’s mortar shell didn’t actually hit anything, it has risked making an unstable situation even worse, with nations like Iraq openly expressing concerns that the Syrian Civil War could quickly go region-wide if it spills into Turkey.
Saying it's a war he doesn't want and yet stoking the fires for all of these months comes across as the hypocrisy it truly is.
This leader is yet another PUPPETT of the US Bankster regime. I see another war right before Election day in Amerika. Very convient..
Oh no. Don't put any money on him being a puppet. Turkey follows its own interest very independently indeed.
Hmmm… downvotes.
Some people here are smoking some fierce cigars full of Afghan Black.
Saying "we want no war" is and was always the typical lie to prepare and justify a war !
In 1939, the year WW2 started, Hitler did hold his "Reichsparteitag des Friedens" (NAZI party assembly for peace).
Given the Russian warnings, and that Iran knows they are the next on the U.S. war list (nuclear issue is just to fool us), this may be the beginning of WW3 – after the introduction of virtually attacking any former "Soviet client state" since 1992 as said by US general Wesley Clark:
U.S. war plan from 1991 against former soviet client states:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2DKzastu8&feature=p...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=lpXbA6yZY-8
After their colored "revolutions", faked "civil wars" and secret proxy guerrilla wars according to US ARMY UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE – see http://info.publicintelligence.net/USArmy-UW.pdf the "humanitarian wars" like in Yugoslavia, Libya followed and virtually must transfer to WW3 since I doubt that Iran and Russia will still wait til they are directly attacked. In terms of psychological warfare, e.g. OTPOR's Pussy Riot " color revolution they actually are already attacked. Also white Russia by FEMEN and deacade long negative propaganda.
why would you not note that (1) there is no evidence assad troops even shelled turkey, and (2) even if assad *loyalists* did [responding to rebel conduits etc.], he likely had no say in it, as it serves no productive/military ends, while it risks much or (3) that in an objective analysis, assad had no part in such, and it most likely was troops against assad…. who, in irony or all ironies, were armed and supplie through TURKEY.
How do the Turks know the Syrian army is responsible? Perhaps it is the act of someone attempting to destabilize both Turkey and Syria, and even the whole ME. One of the al Qaeda groups armed and trained by US/NATO etc pe4haps? Erdogan, having helped stir up the hornets nest, is now whining about unintended consequences. I used to think Erdogan had brains and was a cut above typical ME politicos, now I am not so sure.
Mre, Erdogan Lackey knows this is not the work of the Syrian army but of Assad's opponents. The terrorists are doing exactly what the West and its stooges want. Speaking of red lines, I hope Russia draws one here and stops Turkey and its masters in their tracks,.
When Turkey's all but "declaration of war" is activated, NATO is involved too. Israel is trying to drag the US into war against Iran and now Turkey is trying to drag (not that much dragging is needed) the US into war with Syria.
Off course not, as long this man is kissing the asses of Saudis sending their barbarians into Syria, as long as this man is kissing asses of NATO mitarim regimes and doing what Hillary Clinton ask him to do then he is wright about THE war that this ignorant, a self centered imbecil politician religious man want, a war with Syria. Look: Syrian government nor the syrin people have done nothing to deserve erdogan or Hillary Clinton's wrong, selfish and biased politics toward nations in Middle East, these people are working for Saudi feudal regime wanting to implement yet another religious ass kissing, lapdog system in Syria, that's what's been promised and that's what is counts for these people, how many people are murdered or if a ou try is totally destroyed is not important to them, they I'll get their social political an economical kick anyway, beside that, they also will get thir psychological kick later when they are alone. This is simply a sick politics nothing more.
This is the same Turkey that has held numerous consultations with US, Britain and France over how to aid the Syrian rebels. This is the same Turkey that permitted Syrian rebels safe refugee in their territory. This is the same Turkey that abetted US spying on the civil war and providing rebel forces with intel. This is the same Turkey that allowed the passage of arms to the rebels as well as the entry of foreign fighters such as the Salafists of Libya. These are the Turks that destroyed their own Armenian community during World War I. This is the Turkey that ethnic cleanse all the Christians from its country in the 1920s. This is the Turkey that invaded Iraq so as to bomb and kill Kurds. Now, Turkey sees another chance to show its “humanitarian” ways by entering a civil war on the side of the rebels. Do you think that Turkey would invade Syria without authorization from above?
Actually you can say that Turkey already did begin with the war. The Syrian ambassador at the UN did say that along the complete(?) Turkish border the NATO mercenaries are attacking and hiding back over the Turkish border when the Syrian army apeares.
He also says that the condolence expressed to the victims of the shelling was no excuse or commitment that this were Syrian shells.
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