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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey’s invasion a trigger for ruinous regional war |
| 2019-10-14 |
| [ARABNEWS] Are we sliding into an expanded conflict in a region already on a knife-edge following Iran’s escalations against oil infrastructure and other targets? Talking to diplomats with decades of Middle East experience, many grimly believe this to be the case. ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... ’s invasion of northeastern Syria demolishes a fragile status quo: Just 2,000 US troops had deterred Iranian proxies from dominating the east of the country, while a few hundred Kurdish fighters guarded nearly 100,000 ISIS <...embracing their inner Islamic Brute... suspects and their families. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 Sometimes I think, those in the DS who want us to leave a trip-wire force of 50-100 troops over there are hoping for another Benghazi. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-10-14 23:18 |
| #19 Also: Manhattan Institute's City Journal |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-14 21:51 |
| #18 Another vote for Rantingly.com Also: - realclearpolitics.com - amgreatness.com - legalinsurrection.com - quillette.com - spectator.org - aldaily.com |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-14 21:47 |
| #17 Anyone have an idea if we were dumb enough to actually leave them there after the last threatening event? Apparently so. With Turkey’s invasion of Syria, concerns mount over nukes at Incirlik The Air Force on Monday said it has made no changes to daily operations at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey even as Turkish forces continue to push into Syrian territory, which has prompted U.S. forces to pull back. But concerns are growing over the reported presence of U.S. nuclear weapons at Incirlik, believed to be about 50 B61 gravity bombs. The New York Times on Monday reported that officials from the State and Energy departments over the weekend reviewed plans for evacuating the nuclear weapons there. ... A senior official reportedly told the Times that the weapons “were now essentially [Turkish President Recep] Erdogan’s hostages” since removing the weapons would effectively spell the end of America’s alliance with Turkey, but keeping them there would leave them vulnerable. |
| Posted by: Whavimp Grath4899 2019-10-14 20:54 |
| #16 Better to hit Rantingly.com Agreed. I’ve been checking both just about every day for comparison purposes, and almost all of the articles I click are on Rantingly. Also, I am much calmer now that the news site matches my understanding of current events. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-14 20:33 |
| #15 PS Drudge has turned to a Dem/Leftist Whore. Better to hit Rantingly.com |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-14 20:05 |
| #14 Word from some (who knew better than me) were that they were evacuated long ago |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-14 20:03 |
| #13 Why not just kick Turkey out of NATO for the whole thing ? Be better than sanctions. I suppose the nukes could all be disarmed by a DoD contingent. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-14 18:49 |
| #12 Drudge headline is that the Turks are holding Incirlik and the "50 tactical nukes" there hostage. Anyone have an idea if we were dumb enough to actually leave them there after the last threatening event? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-10-14 18:42 |
| #11 Looks like the DS wants to create a mire for Trump. I'm with Trump on this one. If this spills over into Israel, continue to support Israel, they are the only democracy over there. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-10-14 11:56 |
| #10 I notice the profound policy wonks of Code Pink have been uncharacteristically silent. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-14 10:19 |
| #9 So... we're there to oppose Syria and Russia, which oppose ISIS, and also to oppose ISIS, who oppose ... Syria and Russia, and also to oppose Turkey, who opposes, kinda sorta, some of the above Getting involved in Syria now makes about as much sense as it would have to intervene in the Crimean War in 1854 or one of the Turkish-Russian wars. Madness. Trump's the only sane person in Washington. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-14 09:24 |
| #8 ...another gift from the previous administration. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-10-14 09:13 |
| #7 What is our interest in Syria? [crickets] Anyone? Bueller?? |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-14 08:58 |
| #6 Ref #4: sit this one out Doubtful. US has thousands of hostages in Turkey. Turkey's Incirlik air base is Erdogan's insurance policy. "Americans, we hate you. Oh, the Germans are here...Hello Americans." ~ Robin Williams |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-14 05:59 |
| #5 If Trump is serious about extricating America from the world, then bring our troops and businesses home and let the outside find a new power balance. |
| Posted by: Whavimp Grath4899 2019-10-14 05:37 |
| #4 sit this one out Doubtful. US has thousands of hostages in Turkey. |
| Posted by: Whavimp Grath4899 2019-10-14 05:31 |
| #3 Turkey’s blundering intervention may thus be the straw that breaks the camel’s back — collapsing the regional house of cards and precipitating a war to make earlier conflict phases in the Syrian slaughterhouse look like child’s play. A potential outcome the Orange Man may have already foreseen. Hopefully, his recent actions will enable us to sit this one out. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-14 05:14 |
| #2 "the American abdication of responsibility in eastern Syria" What the fuck? WHAT responsibility? We have NO responsibility! Who asked us to do that? Nobody. It has zero support among the American people and does not benefit us one iota. It's beyond obvious that these people have an entirely warped worldview that is unsupported by any evidence. In their book, America pays for everything and that's just how it is. Nobody has ever stopped to think about if it's a good idea that benefits Americans. We're self sufficient in oil now. Things have changed. It's not the Carter administration any more. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-14 04:53 |
| #1 As distinct from the peace MM had until now? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-14 04:12 |