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CanonRay

(14,104 posts)
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:25 PM Jul 2015

Turkey Is on the Road to Armageddon

ISTANBUL -- The current situation in Turkey is nothing short of apocalyptic. Radical Islamists who have turned the country into a "jihadi highway" to Syria -- while Ankara has looked the other way -- are now carrying out attacks within Turkey itself. Following last week's ISIS-linked bombing in the Turkish border town of Suruç, which killed 32 civilians, it is no longer possible for Turkey to ignore the threat posed by ISIS. Official figures estimate that the group has 700 Turkish citizens in its ranks and that there are dozens of ISIS cells in major cities like Istanbul and Ankara. Residents of such cities have been on the alert for the past few days, with warnings of imminent bomb attacks in public places.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behlal-azkan/turkey-on-the-road-to-armageddon_b_7900004.html








WTF did Turkey expect was going to happen...when ISIS first appeared, I saw maps of "The Caliphate" that included Turkey as part of their territory. Turkey probably could have helped stop this long ago.

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Turkey Is on the Road to Armageddon (Original Post) CanonRay Jul 2015 OP
I hope George W Bush and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld sleep well at night. AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #1
And they're still going after the Kurds.. flamingdem Jul 2015 #2
Meanwhile, the EU are patting themselves on the backs for keeping them out. Warpy Jul 2015 #3
And they're part of NATO....... neverforget Jul 2015 #4

AllFieldsRequired

(489 posts)
1. I hope George W Bush and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld sleep well at night.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:28 PM
Jul 2015

actually, I dont.

Actually, I wish we could try them for war crimes.

This is their mess.

Warpy

(111,270 posts)
3. Meanwhile, the EU are patting themselves on the backs for keeping them out.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:35 PM
Jul 2015

I knew they were headed for serious trouble when the Islamists got in, never mind the explosive growth of ISIS (yes I see what I did there).

Even without ISIS, they'd have been in for a lot of trouble. The secularism pursued by every leader from Ataturk onward has always rankled the patriarchs.

It's a shame, I know too many reasonable people there.

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