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elias49

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12. Erdogan has proved himself a fool - again!

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:58 AM

Feb 2016

Reminds of of choosing sides for some game as a child...
"I take Joey!"
"Hey! Who's side are you on??"
Do you suppose he really doesn't know that it's a little more complex than that.
And that "lashing out" at someone you want as a friend is kinda dumb.

(Lest I be accused of the same simplicity of thought that I accuse Erdogan of, my sphere of influence in this world is 4 acres. I can be 'simplistic')

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Erdogan: US should choose between Turkey, Kurdish forces [View all] bemildred Feb 2016 OP

UAE joins chorus of Arab monarchies ready to invade Syria bemildred Feb 2016 #1

Now the Arab leaque are US sockpuppets in the US aim to keep the middle east unstable and the Monk06 Feb 2016 #3

How about US planes? tazkcmo Feb 2016 #6

I see a shit storm coming Randy It'll be shitacular Monk06 Feb 2016 #14

Home Run!!! nt tazkcmo Feb 2016 #16

We don't have our shit together well enough to manage sock puppets. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #7

UAE Claims Ready to Send Troops to Syria under US Leadership bemildred Feb 2016 #19

I'm sure American fighting men and women want to fight on behalf of arab monarchs and islamists... CJCRANE Feb 2016 #21

Saudi troops have no combat experience They have never operated further than 15 ft from an Monk06 Feb 2016 #24

Erdogan Signals Turkey Won't Stay Out of Syria If Asked to Join bemildred Feb 2016 #22

Erdogan signals Turkey keen on Syria engagement bemildred Feb 2016 #25

Kerry 'blames opposition' for continued Syria bombing bemildred Feb 2016 #29

Analysis: How Russia keeps piling pressure on Turkey bemildred Feb 2016 #2

Several things could happen An Su35 could be shot down by and F22 removing the US fig leaf Monk06 Feb 2016 #30

Risky business all right. bemildred Feb 2016 #32

Turkey to open border to Syrian refugees 'if necessary' bemildred Feb 2016 #4

Thousands of Syrians at Turkish border as Syria warns Ankara, Riyadh bemildred Feb 2016 #13

I agree tazkcmo Feb 2016 #5

I thought it was a mistake for him to raise the question. bemildred Feb 2016 #8

He is a mistake. tazkcmo Feb 2016 #9

Exactly. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #10

Representative of the United States landed in Rmelan military base and �promised� that the new bemildred Feb 2016 #11

Erdogan has proved himself a fool - again! elias49 Feb 2016 #12

Erdogan's Turkey vs the Kurds is not a particularly difficult question branford Feb 2016 #15

Then let's choose the Kurds IronLionZion Feb 2016 #17

Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #31

Turkey's triple disaster bemildred Feb 2016 #18

If the U.S. had any sanity left, that would be an easy choice. Oneironaut Feb 2016 #20

I vote we choose the Kurds nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #23

Merkel to visit Ankara over Syrian refugee crisis bemildred Feb 2016 #26

The situation is spinning out of control. sulphurdunn Feb 2016 #27

US policy seems to be driven largely by domestic politics. bemildred Feb 2016 #28

that one's easy - Kurdish forces MariaThinks Feb 2016 #33

Moderate Syrian Rebel Factions Face Wipe-Out bemildred Feb 2016 #34

The Syrian civil war is about to become The Great ME War. roamer65 Feb 2016 #35

They might. bemildred Feb 2016 #36

If someone 'takes out' for example Putin and/or Assad, who replaces them? Sunlei Feb 2016 #38

"Team russia, assad, iran, china" may want that. to heck with what that group of global-war 'wants'. Sunlei Feb 2016 #37

Syrian army advances towards Turkish border: monitor bemildred Feb 2016 #39

Spotlight: Possible Saudi military intervention in Syria reflects dismay over army progress bemildred Feb 2016 #40

Saudi Offer to Put Troops in Syria Not Realistic, Experts Say bemildred Feb 2016 #41

Heh, everyone choosing the Kurds... joshcryer Feb 2016 #42

I choose the Kurds. ananda Feb 2016 #43

This Wannabe Ottoman sultan can go fuck himself. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #44

ditto 840high Feb 2016 #45

I prefer the Kurds. nt Joey Liberal Feb 2016 #46

I don't know about Turkey and Kurdish forces Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #47

I choose the Kurds atreides1 Feb 2016 #48

Kurds it is. Erdogan is dragging Turkey backwards and thus the Muslim world with it. phleshdef Feb 2016 #49

Choose the Kurds!!!!!! nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #50