NATO officials are reiterating their support for Turkey, a member nation, and insisting that they will use “all steps necessary” to protect them from any attack by ISIS, which now spans much of their southern border.
As a NATO member, Turkey could be a foothold to launch a massive war against ISIS, and other NATO members could use the alliance as a pretext for starting the war without parliamentary approval.
Some ISIS members have talked up expanding everywhere, including in Turkey, though one can’t help but notice that Turkey has largely supported ISIS and other Syrian rebel factions in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, and has allowed its territory to be used to funnel arms and fighters to them.
Turkey is also said to have the largest number of citizens in ISIS of any nation, with some 10% of the fighters holding Turkish citizenship. To the extent that Turkey might in the future become a target, it would be because the Turkish fighters in ISIS believe they can supplant the Erdogan government that has long been looking the other way while they use southern Turkey as a base of operations.
But for now NATO will not act of any kind to defend Iraqi and Syrian people against these barbarians.
In reality what NATO, that Danish Rattmussen is saying is: we wanted the Kurdish oil and we are just about to get it, defending those who helped ISIS to become what ISIS is today is NATO's obligations.
No humanitarian or humanity or even thinking about these issues are in NATO minds. NATO is a militarism regime helping the EU Neo fascism governments to achieve their land grabbing and militarizing the Eastern Europe and turkey is the puppet of such system.
Kinda crazy the Turks helped create this mess then we need to defend them? Did you see Hillary Clinton?? she wanted to give all out to support the Syrian Fundamentalists, even today. What a bunch of wacko's.
I can't think of a US purported 'leader' less capable or less credible for identifying and providing practical viable 'solutions' than Hillary Clinton. Seen Libya? … Yup … poor Bosnian sniper-traumatized Hilly cackled all the way through it, there was going to be a genocide in Benghazi you see … no really, evil tent man weirdo was going to destroy the peace of the land and butcher the people so Hills just preempted! – gazzumped him at his own game! hahahahahahhhaaaa! Good one Hilly! … saved everyone!
Actually, I can think of purported US 'leaders' who would be worse … OK! … I mis spoke … that's my story and I'm sticking to it, thus it must be the true … or at least credible … OK, credible is maybe too strong a word, but many people will fall for it, just got to keep smiling and acting bug-eyed insane while saying stuff that doesn't tally with anything at all.
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Well true the US has screwed the whole place up. But the Turks helped make a mess of the place. We know that Turkey tried to do a"False Flag" with the gas attack last year. Trying to make us finish Assad. Do not underestimate how the Syrian war has effected Iraq, and Turkey is to blame for that too, along with the US.
Why hasn't NATO called out the Turkish govt for their Sarin gas attack in Syria last August? what a joke NATO is. Turkey supports ISIS you NATO idiots.