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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:14 AM Oct 2014

Why does Turkey seem to be more comfortable with a ISIS state in Syria...

Why does Turkey seem to be more comfortable with a ISIS state in Syria than the Assad regime?

I have no love loss for either but if I was Recep Tayyip Erdogan I would rather have Assad as a neighbor than ISIS.

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Why does Turkey seem to be more comfortable with a ISIS state in Syria... (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2014 OP

Because of Kurdish nationalism (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #1

They are going to have to choose between keeping the Kurds down and being a good NATO member. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Oct 2014 #3

If folks realized ISIS held 50 Turks hostage after a consulate was overrun in Mosul, and they were Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #4

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

1. Because of Kurdish nationalism (n/t)

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:20 AM

Oct 2014

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. They are going to have to choose between keeping the Kurds down and being a good NATO member.

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:25 AM

Oct 2014

Maybe they don't care but I think they do.

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

CJCRANE This message was self-deleted by its author.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

4. If folks realized ISIS held 50 Turks hostage after a consulate was overrun in Mosul, and they were