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
Barry Campbell, u wonder why the difference? I do…
This is a real mess with no American leadership that has not deal with Iran Putin on one side and the Terrorists on the other not to mention those countries that are on our side like Saudi and Jordan.
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Tim put down the bong, you are obviously stoned and can’t be reasoned with!!
Russia is doing what Obama would not, and Syrian refugees are returning home, Obama is a disgrace to America,
Hey if Russia supplies turkey with anything it is up. To him not turkey or obamaif he can punish turkey by cutting off natural gas over the downing of Russian jets or anything else Russia is supporting them with and it will be up to the UN and Obama to resupply turkey. With those items
If Russia wants to stop supplying turkey with anything it is up to him not anyone else whether to stop it th n it becomes the UN’s and obama’s time to. Step up and supply turkey with its needs
Never thought id see a day when Russian president made better decisions than our own joke of a president
as russian officials said if it will be in full effect there will be hunger in russia because it depends on foreign groceries – so it will be self sanctions against russian people who already are suffering from similar self sanctions against European produce.
So Barry makes a solid statement with true facts and you counter with a race baited meme…sounds like you are the problem little Timmy!