Article

2014-06-14 The Grand Turk

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by AnyoneCanBlog 2014-06-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 That is an act of war.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-14 01:24|| 2014-06-14 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Act of war? Good! Let the Turks invade and deal with the ISIS. And Iran. Thos ISIL folks forget the last Caliphate was a Turkish one, prior to WW1.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-14 01:51|| 2014-06-14 01:51|| Front Page Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-06-14 04:37|| 2014-06-14 04:37|| Front Page Top

#4 More of a problem in eastern Syria (ISIS zone) than Iraq, where Saddam put in a couple of massive reservoirs.
Remember, Ramadan starts in two weeks.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-14 07:52|| 2014-06-14 07:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Ramadan in 2 weeks? Gasoline on the fire.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-14 08:32|| 2014-06-14 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 that'll make fasting and avoiding liquids easier. How pious!

Posted by Frank G 2014-06-14 10:08|| 2014-06-14 10:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I've made comments in this vein before, based on my own assumptions, but seriously: is the Turkish army still the apparently fearsome entity of the past, after Prime Minister Erdogan's purges?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-14 10:49|| 2014-06-14 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 When the Turks do stuff like that, they make themselves and their dams a target of retribution.

Just sayin'.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-06-14 12:19|| 2014-06-14 12:19|| Front Page Top

#9 It takes a smaller capital investment to remove a dam than to build one.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2014-06-14 17:10|| 2014-06-14 17:10|| Front Page Top

#10 It takes a smaller capital investment to remove a dam than to build one.

I think Mr. Rabbit has got the scenario laid out well...

Posted by BigEdLB 2014-06-14 20:04|| 2014-06-14 20:04|| Front Page Top

23:59 Uncle Phester
23:59 OldSpook
22:57 lord garth
22:43 SteveS
22:25 OldSpook
22:20 OldSpook
22:00 John Frum
21:52 John Frum
21:43 Rob Crawford
21:43 John Frum
21:17 Squinty
21:00 49 Pan
20:55 Omolump Thud8081
20:47 Thing From Snowy Mountain
20:22 swksvolFF
20:21 Squinty
20:21 Frank G
20:10 Blinky Turkeyneck7226
20:10 BigEdLB
20:09 Blinky Turkeyneck7226
20:09 swksvolFF
20:07 Blinky Turkeyneck7226
20:04 BigEdLB
19:52 Uncle Phester