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flamingdem

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4. They can't implement the no fly zone because they can't disable Assads air defense

Reply to Baclava (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 11:05 AM

Oct 2014

And the US has told Erdogan that they will not change their focus from Isis to Assad.

Turkey fail.

I think in lieu of those items they'll just ask for millions of dollars, as they are wont to do.

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Kobane: IS and Syria Kurds in fierce gun battles [View all] flamingdem Oct 2014 OP

meanwhile, Turkey sits back and watches Baclava Oct 2014 #1

The biggest complaint of the Kurd is that the Turks won't allow arms flamingdem Oct 2014 #2

..and then there's this...'Turkey can save Kobane from ISIL�for a price' Baclava Oct 2014 #3

They can't implement the no fly zone because they can't disable Assads air defense flamingdem Oct 2014 #4

they want US to impose a no-fly zone - in exchange for their boots stopping a slaughter in Kobane Baclava Oct 2014 #5

The Kurds see that as a way to control their territory flamingdem Oct 2014 #6

This isn't about the Kurds - it's Turkey - 'Turkish Inaction on ISIS Advance Dismays the U.S.' Baclava Oct 2014 #7

Point is that they're negotiating, the Kurd leader is in prison and leading upcoming flamingdem Oct 2014 #8