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At first I too was most sceptical of the claims, however the speed and logistics of the ISIS franchise is very difficult to explain as a self funded exercise. H
by KaiserPro 11y ago
At first I too was most sceptical of the claims, however the speed and logistics of the ISIS franchise is very difficult to explain as a self funded exercise. Having another front open up against syria and the kurds is a very attractive thing for the Turkish government, as is an excuse to bomb the living daylights out of the kurds.
- afsina 11y agoIsn't this a logical fallacy? "ISIS gets logistic support so Turkey must be providing it" does not sound right to me. Granted, government was hesitant to take any action when there was a fight between IS and Syrian Kurds, but this does not mean helped IS at all. On the bombing issue, it was PKK who broke the truce.
- KaiserPro 11y agoThats not exactly what I said. Turkey was publicly pushed into invading Syria, something they wisely declined to do. However allowing our "allies" to fund sectarian violence[1], from which the ISIS franchise grew seemed like a good compromise: Assad gets heat, and so does Kurdish nationalism.(PDP were starting to make real inroads in mainstream politics, so undermining them was a bonus, along with the right wingers) At the time it seemed like a good idea. "Islamism" eats it's self in the place where lots of the prophecies are based. However, it didn't pan out like that. [1]loosely the west and our oil rich friends, not just Turkey.