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2019-10-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US secrecy on Baghdadi raid exposes distrust of NATO ally Turkey
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-31 06:56|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 It would seem the raid was begun in Israel, followed the Med offshore, then turned into Syria. Thus the notification of Russia which has radar operating from Tartus. If we had trusted Turkey it could have begun from Incirlik.
Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-10-31 08:01||   2019-10-31 08:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Why the f--- are we so beholden to Turkey and so hostile to Russia?

Why can't we come to an understanding with Russia and reduce our vulnerability to our Turkish non-ally?

Can anyone play this game?
Posted by Lex 2019-10-31 08:05||   2019-10-31 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Trump and Putin tried to be friends. They still share a nonchalant camaraderie. But while Russia is Putin, Trump is not America. The collusion scandal when it began, looked to me like a desperate way to distance the American president from Russia forever, by a deepState haunted by McCarthy's ghost.

Then they saw a coup in it and went for the jugular. It never looked like a well thought out scam anyway, more like a script written on-set. Trump had to posture for no reason in Venezuela for some time and you were once again officially at odds with them.

But that's just one perspective, considering the effects and not means of things.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-31 08:25||   2019-10-31 08:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Treating Turkey just like Congress. Very interesting.
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-10-31 08:32||   2019-10-31 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably for the same reason that we didn't notify Pakistan before we got Bin Laden.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2019-10-31 08:48||   2019-10-31 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Exactly. I had just added that note in green
Posted by Frank G 2019-10-31 11:24||   2019-10-31 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Because we found the tool in their garage?
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-31 16:14||   2019-10-31 16:14|| Front Page Top

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