miltiades wrote:Mate, why are YOU not protecting the Kurds from being bombarded by the Turks ? Who says that the coalition will stay in Syria for as long as it likes? Notice that I use coalition and not the persistent usage of WE this and WE that.You have NO SAY IN THE MATTER. GET IT IN YOUR HEAD.
We are protecting the Kurds from the Turks.
We are protecting them by being PRESENT. When we are PRESENT, the Turks can't attack them because there would be repercussions for them.
The repercussions are not the kind you would expect because i just doesn't work that way. The Coalition can NOT attack a NATO member because if it does then it undermines the alliance to the point of completely destroying it. NATO is far more important than anything. It is the holy grail for all of Europe and so important to peace in stability in all of Europe and Middle East.
But there are of course many other repercussions such as Arms Embargoes (all arms deals must be ratified by Congress), Cyprus, Oil Drilling, its EU accession talks and a lot more. It's all these behind the scenes things which hold Turkey accountable for its actions. Which is why Erdogan doesn't like the Coalition very much. He like Assad the criminal want us to leave so these 2 madmen criminals can wipe out the Kurds. but the Coalition isn't leaving.
Turkish and Coalition aircraft can not confront each other. It is against the NATO Articles and Treaty.
As far as the Assad Regime is concerned, then the Coalition's bombs do the talking whenever they get near to the Kurds. If they stay away, then they don't get bombed. it's as simple as that.
In addition, the Coalition DOES have a say in the matter. Coalition is WE since Australia is an active Coalition member. I never said I had a personal say. I'm not a world leader like Trump and am directly involved with a say. You are a stupid idiot for suggesting such a thing or your comprehension is that of a 5 year old.
You were all warned about this a long time ago. All parties had an opportunity for a peace treaty but chose to go for winner takes all. There is no such thing as winner takes all in a war like this. Everything has a price. It's time to pay for the bride.