The back and forth between Russia and Turkey, with the Obama administration serving as a yipping poodle off to the side of the disagreement, is hopefully cooling a bit with Russia not taking immediate military action. That is not to say that the various players are happy with the outcome, which started with the Russian plane flying over Turkish air space en route to a bombing run of Islamic State (ISIS) emplacements in Syria.
One could say that President Obama is at least somewhat responsible for the debacle. His tepid response to ISIS movements in Syria and recently in France required much more forceful action by a leader willing to take on the Muslim terrorist organization, which was something that Obama seemed not inclined to do.
His half-hearted efforts included dropping leaflets warning ISIS truck drivers of the occasional upcoming U.S. bombing run over sparsely populated areas, and the invitation to Middle Eastern refugees to relocate to the United States, even though it is clear that there will be ISIS cell members coming along for the ride. Those are not the actions of a true leader working to save the world and his country from a ruthless enemy, and it opened the door to Russia’s involvement in ISIS control and destruction.
It is tangled further because Turkey is a U.S. ally and NATO member, but with a population that is over 90% Muslim, so the commitment of both Obama and Turkey to aggressively seek the decisive and ultimate destruction of ISIS is in question. There are those who suggest that ISIS is actually a U.S. proxy for pushing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of power, and that Obama sees an opportunity and a back-door ally in ISIS, a truly ghoulish thought given the bloodthirsty and barbaric nature of the Islamic terrorist group.
World War III waiting in wings, read page 2
Long overdue by 40 years or so. Turkey has been the main financier of Terrorism against Israel since Israel’s Statehood. Always behind the scenes feeding money and weapons to Palestinians even to this date and time. They train government terrorists in Sinop Turkey to infiltrate Israel and provide cover documents that are also made there. Been doing it since before the 80’s.
Thank you Russia for not getting to hasty over Turkey’s foolishness!
Because they want to take everything from us including our souls. That is why
Right thing to do this
Turkey listened to the Devils persuasions now he suffers the consequences of his itchy ears and his poor judgement
Turkey listens to the devil Putin extended his hand and turkey bit the hand that feeds them
These two nations need to stop listening to American snake biting administration until the next president is sworn in
Well… Turkey has a GDP of $1.5 trillion; Russia’s is only $1.1 trillion. So Russia is likely to lose out in the deal.
You must have forgot Dimocrats voted to go to war just like Republicans. Both agreed. WMD’s were found. Many was probably moved to Syria and Iran. What about Obozo’s shovel ready jobs? What about the Trillions of debt under Obozo? What about you can keep your doctor? What about you can keep your insurance? Only reason Obozocare was upheld by the courts is because they finally had to admit the lie and say it was a tax? Affordable???? You now have higher insurance rates, higher deductible and people still can’t afford it but now they will be fined for not having something they couldn’t afford to start with putting they further in debt! Nothing Obozo has said is ever the truth! He has a bunch of liberal lemmings following him off the cliff! Climate change the biggest threat facing America? BS! Oboza is America’ Trojan Horse!
Barry Campbell, talk about this