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Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria

Oct 28, 2018 12:48 pm By Robert Spencer

Whether or not it is wise for the US to be backing the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), this shows yet again that the old Cold War alliances have far outlived their usefulness, and the US needs to reconfigure its international relationships on the basis of the new realities of the global jihad. This has begun to happen with Erdogan’s Turkey, which is neither a friend nor an ally of the United States, but few recognize that fact yet.

“Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: media,” AFP, October 28, 2018:

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey’s military on Sunday fired artillery shells at a Kurdish militia in Syria that is backed by the United States but deemed a terrorist group by Ankara, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

The shells targeted “shelters” of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) east of the Euphrates River in the Kobane region of northern Syria, Anadolu said.

The strikes come a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a summit in Istanbul on the Syrian conflict with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany, in which they adopted a joint statement committing to work “together in order to create conditions for peace and stability in Syria”….

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  1. ElderlyZionist says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    It seems as if the US State Department is trying desperately to manage our relationship with Turkey, but Erdogan is out of control.

    We have soldiers embedded with the Kurds, east of the Euphrates. If Erdogan invades, will US troops fight the Turks? I wonder how those US/Turkish ‘joint patrols’ in Manbij are working out?

    • christianblood says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 10:30 pm

      Both Turkey and the US are illegally occupying Syrian territory supporting their respective terrorist proxies! They better leave Syria peacefully now or they will have to be forced out in the near future!

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 28, 2018 at 10:37 pm

        How *dare* the US have driven ISIS out of Syria and Iraq? Bad dhimmis…

        • christianblood says

          Oct 28, 2018 at 10:59 pm

          USA=ISIS!

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 29, 2018 at 10:19 pm

          Wait–the US drove themselves out of the Caliphate? How did that work?

  2. Halal Bacon says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 1:54 pm

    Erdo Buddy Buddy has been shining satan’s shoes far too long, me thinks he needs to meet his 72 goats asap

    • Elisha says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:16 pm

      It would be better if he (and you and EVERYONE who has not yet done so) heeds the following advice:

      “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!” – Mark 1:15

  3. Spiro says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 2:28 pm

    Why is turkey still an ally and in NATO they have been anti U S no a very long time
    Is there still an air force base there ?
    If so why ?

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 10:40 pm

      Good question. Turkey is no ally of ours, and needs to be kicked out of NATO yesterday.

      • b.a. freeman says

        Oct 29, 2018 at 10:30 am

        +1

    • b.a. freeman says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 10:29 am

      yup, there’s an airbase at incirlik, and it reportedly has nukes stored there. saudi arabia can buy nukes, but turkey can steal them! they may not be able to set them off as currently configured, but no doubt it wouldn’t take that much work to remove the machined explosive and fissile materials and put them into a turkish bomb.

      the coming civil wars in eurabla will be the most interesting of times!

    • jule says

      Oct 30, 2018 at 2:18 am

      It seems the world is not run by Ethics, right & wrong, Human Rights or logic. Just like our government has become a private entity run on profit and more & more Money$$$$ that spins our world & ‘loopholes’. It shouldn’t but try telling that private business.

  4. mortimer says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    The US should arrange the creation of an autonomous Kurdistan within the Iraq federation and then move most of its NATO materiel to Kurdistan.

    That way, Turkey will realize that if they don’t play ball with the US, that Kurdistan will be a more loyal ally.

    The Kurds will become the staunchest US allies in existence if they US follows my advice.

    • Mac-101 says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 4:23 pm

      I support the Kurds 100%. When I was in Iraq 2005 to 2006 the Kurds were the only ones who had a civil society where ALL had rights, at least by ME standards! There areas were the only ones where one felt that a normal people lived.

      • James Lincoln says

        Oct 28, 2018 at 9:56 pm

        Thanks for your service in Iraq, Mac-101.

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 28, 2018 at 10:41 pm

          Hear, hear, James!

        • Mac-101 says

          Oct 28, 2018 at 10:54 pm

          Thanks and I thank you and Graven for pickin up the fight now. Not just on this site, but I know ya’ll are tryin to spread the word. The Sheeple MUST be awakened! There will be consequences for standin up to these scumbags if we lose. This battle is Life or Death for us and Western Civilization as we know it!

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 29, 2018 at 10:20 pm

          Agreed, Mac.

    • Krishna says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 3:22 am

      Creating Iraqi kurdistan will ignite other kurdish separatist movement

    • jule says

      Oct 30, 2018 at 2:20 am

      Best idea I have heard.

  5. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    I know mr spencer represents the mindset of treacherous evil United States sabotaging Turkey by supporting Kurdish terrorists as the evil state sponsored IsIs in collaboration with fascist evil Zionist State of Israel and evil Saudi monarchs.Turkey will never take soft,it will respond with all mights to defend itself no matter who is backing as Erdogan said. All of axis of evils are now being disgraced in the middleast region. wicked gang of evildoers!!

    • Spiro says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      You need to learn a little history

      • b.a. freeman says

        Oct 29, 2018 at 10:32 am

        +1

  6. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 4:13 pm

    Mr spencer appears to represent the mindsets of wicked and treacherous evil United States under savage mad devil supporting Kurdish terrorists to sabotage Turkey as the evil United States in collaboration with fascist evil Zionist State of Israel and evil Saudi monarchs sponsored IsIs and other terrorist groups to destabilise middleast region.Turkey will not take it softly and will defend itself no matter who is backing the Kurdish terrorists as Erdogan said. The gang of evildoers are now being disgraced. wicked scums of evils!!

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 10:43 pm

      Ibrahim itace muhammed loves the Armenian Genocide.

  7. Patsy Koenig says

    Oct 28, 2018 at 11:27 pm

    Islam is more of a threat than Russia.

    • Mac-101 says

      Oct 28, 2018 at 11:55 pm

      And Red China more of a threat than Russia!

  8. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Oct 29, 2018 at 5:31 am

    mano, Greece economy is already in shambles, how you stand to fight Turks, your will be liquidated. your one-eyed Satan god you call Holy spirit cannot help because I will use one Chinese style to kick him on his ugly head

    • Baucent says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 6:43 am

      You smoking that camel dung again?

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 10:30 pm

      More threats from Mohammedans…

  9. Baucent says

    Oct 29, 2018 at 6:41 am

    I suspect Erdogan’s plan is to occupy then calve up Iraq into a Turkish territory in the North and leave Iran with control of the South. That way he neutralizes the irritating Kurds.

  10. Theo Prinse says

    Oct 29, 2018 at 10:00 am

    “Whether or not it is wise for the US to be backing the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)” But then why writes Rudy Giuliani “Tehran Recognizes Iran Opposition as the Alternative; So Should We”.
    https://townhall.com/columnists/rudygiuliani/2018/10/28/tehran-recognizes-iran-opposition-as-the-alternative-so-should-we-n2532601

    • b.a. freeman says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 11:44 am

      Theo, “whether or not it is wise” to support the YPG has much less to do with iran and the criminals running it than with turkey and its leading criminals. we *indeed* need to support the persian opposition, but it is also important to throw turkey out of NATO and pull our forces out of turkey – even if we lose a vantage point to watch russia, which isn’t worth the danger from being in bed with pious muslims.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 29, 2018 at 10:33 pm

      I advisedly support the Kurds here–but it is still important for us not to forget they are also Muslims:

      “Northern Iraq: Kurdish government imposes jizya on Assyrian Christians”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/northern-iraq-kurdish-government-imposes-jizya-on-assyrian-christians

  11. b.a. freeman says

    Oct 29, 2018 at 10:25 am

    they adopted a joint statement committing to work “together in order to create conditions for peace and stability in Syria”…
    —
    i see that the joint statement accidentally left out the word “islamic” between “for” and “peace.”

  12. jule says

    Oct 30, 2018 at 2:31 am

    Best idea I have heard.

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