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yurbud

(39,405 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:04 PM Jun 2016

Wasn't ISIS smuggling oil through Turkey?

The changing sides in the Syria mess is truly dizzying.

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Wasn't ISIS smuggling oil through Turkey? (Original Post) yurbud Jun 2016 OP

Turkey has been playing both sides when it comes to ISIS Renew Deal Jun 2016 #1

Erdogan's son was a major player in running the operation. yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #2

Chickens coming home to roost eissa Jun 2016 #3

You reap what you sow. WDIM Jun 2016 #4

Yes, and how can ISIS be so ... ungrateful JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #5

Does any of this make it into the MSM TV news or big paper print? I saw CNN day of and day after... yurbud Jun 2016 #6

Renew Deal

(81,844 posts)

1. Turkey has been playing both sides when it comes to ISIS

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:07 PM

Jun 2016

And it was strange to have Erdogan suddenly apologize to Russia and make up with Israel all of a sudden. Now you know why. He will be blamed for isolating Turkey.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)

2. Erdogan's son was a major player in running the operation.

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:09 PM

Jun 2016

Dizzying is right

eissa

(4,238 posts)

3. Chickens coming home to roost

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:14 PM

Jun 2016

Sorry/not sorry.

WDIM

(1,662 posts)

4. You reap what you sow.

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 01:36 PM

Jun 2016

The terrorist a country creates ultimately becomes it's attacker.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,318 posts)

5. Yes, and how can ISIS be so ... ungrateful

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 02:35 PM

Jun 2016

yurbud

(39,405 posts)

6. Does any of this make it into the MSM TV news or big paper print? I saw CNN day of and day after...

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 10:25 AM

Jun 2016

and it was like I was watching the exact same initial coverage:

"Is this ISIS?" "Was there a larger conspiracy of helpers?"

Kind of stuck on the nuts and bolts of who and how, but no why, backstory, or context.

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