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The Grand Turk
Turkey seeks 'major' US military assistance in Syria: WSJ
2019-01-07
[Al Jazeera] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
has asked for major military assistance from the United States in the fight against ISIS in Syria, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, weeks after Washington announced its plan to withdraw troops from the country.

The substantial request for military support included air raids, logistics and transportation so Ottoman Turkish forces could finish off the remaining fighters of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS, also known as ISIS) in Syria, senior US officials were quoted as saying by the WSJ on Friday.

"The Ottoman Turkish requests are so extensive that, if fully met, the American military might be deepening its involvement in Syria instead of reducing it," the newspaper reported.

The unidentified American officials told the Journal there was little chance Washington would agree to Ankara's requests in full.
Hopefully a polite way of telling them to stick it in their ear.
US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
announced on December 19 his plans to withdraw US troops deployed in northern Syria following a telephone conversation with Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
Turkey and the US appeared to agree to coordinate the troops' withdrawal from the area to avoid a power vacuum that could attract a number of parties interested in filling it.

Talks on the fight against ISIS are expected to take place on Tuesday in Ankara.

US officials - including White House National Security Adviser John Bolton, General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and James Jeffrey, the State Department envoy for Syria - are expected to attend.

The US still has about 2,000 troops in Syria, many of them special operations forces working closely with an alliance of US-backed Kurdish and Arab gangs known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Posted by:Fred

#6  Why are we still in Incirlik?

Old generals. We'd still be in the Philippines if it wasn't for Mt Pinatubo. Somehow we managed without.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-01-07 20:25  

#5  "Nuts!"

But FOAD also works
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-01-07 19:13  

#4  Why are we still in Incirlik?
Posted by: magpie   2019-01-07 14:41  

#3  Hey Turks, as far as US Assistance goes, wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up first you treacherous SOBs.
Posted by: Glolush Whusotch4899   2019-01-07 12:17  

#2  In 2003 Turkey blocked its land route to open a northern front in the Iraq war.
So US troop ships were stuck offshore of the port of Iskenderun, Turkey.
Turkey's sympathy for Sunnis led to the creation of ISIS and the fall of Mosul.
Erdogan's goal is not to fight ISIS, but Kurds which in their eyes is the real problem.
When Turkey invades Syria to go after the Kurds ISIS will be able to make a comeback since the Kurds can't fight both Turkish troops and ISIS at the same time.
Posted by: boomerc   2019-01-07 02:57  

#1  I seem to recall an American request for overflight of Turkey during the invasion of Iraq.

Same answer.
Posted by: Crash Dark Lord of the Veal Cutlets1879   2019-01-07 01:01  

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