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| The Grand Turk |
| Erdogan and the Turks not happy about the Kurds winning in Kobane |
| 2015-01-27 |
| âThere is no one there but they are bombing. Today, we see that they are dancing,â he said in reference to celebrations in Turkeyâs Kurdish-dominated cities and in western metropoles. âWhat happened? DEAĹ [the Arabic acronym for ISIL] is out. That is OK but who will repair the places you have bombed?â he asked. The world overreacted on the Kobane issue, he said, saying it had received more attention than Somalia, where he visited days ago. Kurdish groups have long accused ErdoÄan and the Turkish government of tacitly or openly supporting ISIL due to its distaste for the more leftist and secular forces fighting to defend the town. More at the link |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #6 When 800 neckbeards beat and massacred the million strong Iraqi army, they were led by Turkish army officers...after, then they called themselves "hostages" albeit living in luxury hotels...Then the Turkish national airline retrieved them to a hero welcome in Erdogan's Turkey... |
| Posted by: Elming Omeart5855 2015-01-27 22:19 |
| #5 Screw the Turks. Long overdue that we should do so, plenty of reasons going back to OIF. We should be supporting an independent greater Kurdistan, including quite large swaths of what is now southeast Turkey. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-01-27 20:17 |
| #4 Juan could say the same thing about the Juice, g(r)im. But y'all keep hangin' on. Seem like natural allies. Just sayin'. |
| Posted by: Anice Nim 2015-01-27 19:56 |
| #3 To Turkey: Whaaaaa.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-01-27 17:37 |
| #2 ME history indicates that Kurds always get screwed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-27 17:21 |
| #1 The glue is coming off yer mask there, Recep. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-01-27 16:54 |