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Comrade Grumpy

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6. And what kind of deal did Turkey make to get those hostages back? You tell me.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 12:21 PM

Sep 2014

Turkey really helped start this fire. ISIS held the hostages for the last couple of months; that doesn't explain or excuse Turkey's behavior regarding Syria for the past three years.

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Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000 [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2014 OP

Isis also flees to Turkey to safety flamingdem Sep 2014 #1

Monday update : Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest. dipsydoodle Sep 2014 #2

So who still thinks NATO member Turkey has done nothing? 1 million folks to care for is not nothing. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #3

Turkey has done plenty, not much of it good. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #4

ISIS has been holding almost 50 diplomatic hostages since July.....kind of puts things into context. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #5

And what kind of deal did Turkey make to get those hostages back? You tell me. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #6

I have no idea what the deal was, except 50 families in Turkey are relieved it did not take a war to Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #7