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Elmer S. E. Dump

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2. If turkey can't then NATO needs to help them. This has gone WAY too far.

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Mon Oct 6, 2014, 10:51 AM

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Kobane: IS 'may soon take Syria-Turkey border town' [View all] Bosonic Oct 2014 OP

I hope Turkey stomps them flat shenmue Oct 2014 #1

If turkey can't then NATO needs to help them. This has gone WAY too far. Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2014 #2

Welcome to DU, Elmer S. E. Dump! calimary Oct 2014 #3

Turkey isn't doing a goddamn thing. They hate the Kurds. TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #6

Some have said rtracey Oct 2014 #11

This in spades quakerboy Oct 2014 #15

Turkey wants ISIS to liquidate the Kurds. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #20

Turkey is a de facto ally of ISIS. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #19

ISIS is getting financial help from somewhere outside of Syria. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #4

They do know a lot about funding. Read the article in Good Reads about Qatar flamingdem Oct 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author ballyhoo Oct 2014 #7

Are you responding to me or the post above me flamingdem Oct 2014 #22

Hard To Say, Ma'am: He Thinks I.S.I.L. Is Controlled By The C.I.A. Anyway.... The Magistrate Oct 2014 #24

Thanks Magistrate flamingdem Oct 2014 #26

That is an intriguing idea. Why do you think that the group is controlled by the CIA? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #31

What I Said, Sir, Was That A Member Posting Nearby Has Said The C.I.A. Controls The I.S.I.L. The Magistrate Oct 2014 #40

Good. Thanks. I sent you a Private Message. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #41

Certainly People In Those Countries, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #42

Interesting! JDPriestly Oct 2014 #43

As A General Rule, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #44

Yes. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #45

Yes. Sorry, flamingdem. I will delete the post. ballyhoo Oct 2014 #33

This isn't a failure of intelligence..... George II Oct 2014 #12

You really underestimate them. candelista Oct 2014 #13

I hope you are right. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #29

Will this be a resupply base CJCRANE Oct 2014 #8

Probably... ballyhoo Oct 2014 #10

ISIL is destroying the nation states for its caliphate. Turkey is in NATO, but sends mixed messages. freshwest Oct 2014 #9

It's a Sunni proxy army CJCRANE Oct 2014 #14

Some think the end result will be carving up Iraq flamingdem Oct 2014 #27

Many Kurds are saying that Turkey will clean out Isis once Kobane is conquered flamingdem Oct 2014 #23

I think Turkey cares more about stopping a Kurdish homeland than ISIS. freshwest Oct 2014 #36

Turkey is a member of NATO. NATO is obligated to help defend it. mainer Oct 2014 #16

ISIS isn't going to attack Turkey. They haven't yet, and Turkey got all of its TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #17

I think you are right but for different ballyhoo Oct 2014 #18

Why, You Sound Just Like Ms. Ayotte, Sir.... The Magistrate Oct 2014 #28

ISIS and Turkey are not enemies. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #21

I agree that Turkey is letting Isis kill off the Kurds and take Kobane flamingdem Oct 2014 #25

Who do you think was/is buying the oil from ISIS? Aerows Oct 2014 #30

I read that it was black market buyers mostly Turkish flamingdem Oct 2014 #34

Here, Aerows. Turkey ain't the ballyhoo Oct 2014 #37

Turkey 'there just to watch' in Kobane Baclava Oct 2014 #32

Waiting for that region to complete explode Marrah_G Oct 2014 #35

When the ISIS start conversation began a few months ago ballyhoo Oct 2014 #38

Related to posts here: Turkey Cracks Down on Oil Smuggling Linked to IS flamingdem Oct 2014 #39

27 more months of this quadrature Oct 2014 #46