War

Turkey returns fire on Syria for fifth day in a row. This article questions whether Syria is really attacking Turkey. It makes no sense, so it's unlikely. In fact, a week or two ago the news reported that the Syrian rebels moved their command base from Turkey into Syria. It seems more likely the rebels are shooting into Turkey and blaming it on the Syrians in order to draw Turkey, and all of NATO with them, into the war. The original article says the Turkish artillery has enabled the rebels to win a number of victories.

"That sounds pretty convenient. A false flag "attack" on Turkey by the rebels certainly fits the pattern thus far. ...This "shelling" then retaliation, then rebel seizure of border areas is having the effect of creating a de facto buffer zone inside of Syria from which the rebels and their US/Saudi/Qatari/Israeli partners can expand the fight further inside Syria. What an amazing coincidence that this "Syrian army" shelling is producing so many rewards and advantages for the rebels and their partners!"

That's convenient.

How Turkey blundered into the Syrian civil war.

"Turkey blundered into Syria's civil war soon after it erupted in March, 2011. Ankara allowed Syrian insurgent groups, funded and armed by Saudi Arabia, France, Britain, the US and Qatar, to operate from its soil. CIA established an important logistics and communications base for the insurgents at the US air base at Incirlik, Turkey. US, British and French special forces based in Turkey discreetly joined in the war to overthrow the Assad regime in Damascus – all part of Washington's undeclared but very real and intensifying multi-dimensional war against Iran, Syria's closest ally.
Each passing day of Syria's brutal civil war raises the risk that Turkey will send its armed forces into Syria, either to create so-called "civilian corridors"or no-fly zones to ground the Assad regime's air force. All-out NATO intervention led by the US could occur after American presidential elections."

Anything to loot more wealth from us.

"But the Kurdish independence movement has sprung again to life. Syria will very likely resume aiding Kurdish PKK fighters to exact revenge on Turkey for abetting anti-regime guerillas. This is a huge problem for Turkey as Kurds make up 15-20% of its population.
By fueling Syria's civil war, Erdogan has kicked the Kurdish hornet's nest."

If that happens, that would have been a major blunder.

"Interestingly, polls show a majority of Turks oppose Erdogan's Syria interventionist policies as dangerous and unnecessary. Foes on the left accuse Erdogan of restoring Turkey's Cold War role as America's policeman in the Mideast. Others see a secret plan by Ankara to restore Ottoman-era rule over Syria. France is also stirring the pot in Syria, eager to reassert its former influence in the Levant. America wants to stick its finger in Iran's eye. The British are there to pick up the crumbs."

What a mess.
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