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2015-07-31 The Grand Turk

Turkey bombs PKK camps with 30 F-16s after 190 militants were killed

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Posted by Fred 2015-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Well this is working out swell.

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-31 05:03|| 2015-07-31 05:03|| Front Page Top

#2 USA gets Incirlik air base; Turkey gets Obama approval to kill Kurds. USA is as dependable an ally as Turkey is a dependable force in NATO.

Posted by Clyde Borgia7976 2015-07-31 08:57|| 2015-07-31 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 give the Kurds a few SAMs and drop those F16s.

And now, seeing as the Turks used artillery, we know why Obama didnt want the to have artillery - they'd counterbattery the Turks.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-31 12:41|| 2015-07-31 12:41|| Front Page Top

#4 And, jsut askin... how much artillery across the border, how many raids and F16s have the Turks used against ISIS in the meanwhile?

*crickets*

Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-31 12:44|| 2015-07-31 12:44|| Front Page Top

#5 See also BLOOMBERG > TURKEY'S TWO-FRONT WAR MAY HURT US FOCUS ON THE ISLAMIC STATE.

and

* GROONG > TURKEY IS ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON.
Turkey can no longer ignore the ISIS threat.

That's ridiculous - the "Islamic/Muslim Napoleon" isn't even born yet, + NEO-OTTOMAN TURKEY 2030 -2050 isn't in 2015 or even 2020.

Silly Boy.

Perhaps more importantly, the US-VS-CHINA COMPETITION, MILITARY CONFLICT? IN EAST ASIA-PACIFIC MAY BE THE CATALYST FOR THE ABOVE, WHEN THE SURREAL "WEAK/DECLINING" SUPERPOWER US of 2015 BECOMES THE DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" SUPERPOWER US OF 2030-2050 IN THE GEOPOL OR GLOBAL AFTERMATH.

"OH THE HUGE MANATEE"!, iff America-loyal ISRAEL ends up being destroyed in the ME by a MUSLIM/ISLAMIC AMERIKAN.

* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > US INTEL [USCIA, DIA, etc.]: WAR HAS HURT, BUT NOT WEAKENED ISLAMIC STATE, despite 10-15,000 ISIS fighters being killed oer the past year.

RELATED BIGNEWSNETWORK > ISLAMIC STATE NEGATES KILLED, WEAKENED STRATEGICALLY [but STILL RESILIENT].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-31 22:19|| 2015-07-31 22:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Just don't put all the blame on the WH. The generals insist that Incirlik is critical, just like the admirals insisted Subic was critical. No grasp or care of the overall consequences and ramifications.

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