Turkey mulls 'buffer zone' against Islamic State

[JonLP24]

Source: BBC

Turkey is developing plans for a buffer zone on its border with Iraq and Syria, to counter the threat from Islamic State militants, its president says.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish media the military were working on the plans, which he would then decide on.

He gave no further details about where the buffer zone could be established or how it would work.

IS has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria. Estimates say the group could have up to 30,000 fighters.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29223208

[merrily]

1. What took them so long?

[CJCRANE]

2. But Turkey provided the main route into Iraq and Syria

for the foreign fighters.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, JonLP.

[jtuck004]

4. LOL. Gonna build yourself a fine little "Maginot Line", eh? Note that it didn't work

last time either.

But you have to do something, you say. Sure. Ask yourself "What's the best protection against an idea, a thought, a belief? That is your opponent".

Because no barrier has ever stopped an idea.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. They bear a lot of responsibility for this shit. They tried to knock off Assad...

...and left the border wide open for the jihadis. And allowed them safe havens. And let them recruit in Ankara (there's a NYT article about that today).

Now it could come back to bite them in several different ways. Tough.