With the US loudly endorsing his escalation, Turkey’s President Erdogan is stepping up his threats against Syria, and vowing to totally expel the Syrian Army from the Idlib Province.
That is to say, Erdogan is promising to expel the Syrian military from part of Syria. The Idlib Province, while initially envisioned as a safe haven for Turkey-backed rebels, had been almost entirely taken over by al-Qaeda.
Turkey did little to nothing about al-Qaeda’s gains, but is reacting harshly to al-Qaeda’s recent losses to the Syrian military, and has been attacking Syrian troops and sending more Turkish forces into the area to keep Syria from taking any more.
Erdogan has also said he intends to provide complete military support to rebels in Idlib, including shooting down Syrian warplanes. He says that Turkey will “use whatever tools necessary on the ground and air, without any hesitation.“
Will President Putin stand up or lie down?
So one of the few places Al Qaeda has allot of control over… and our President and congress, and those who demand they bomb civilians all over the world in the name of defending against AQ, protect AQ. I don’t get it. Why aren’t the soldiers at least absolutely livid?
Where have you been for the last few decades?
Just got to restate reality every once in a while…
Hey Turkey… Welcome to Vietnam.
Where is the former KGB hack?
So Turkey backs ISIS and we back Turkey… we back ISIS? Strange world over there. Now what if Russia decides to back Syria, or perhaps the Kurds in Turkey?
Erdogan needs to die and go back to hell.
Hell doesn’t even want him anymore.