Lordo wrote:Kikapu wrote:Maximus wrote:US President Donald Trump has promised to work with both parties in Congress to hit Turkey with “powerful sanctions,”
Trump tweeted on Sunday.
“Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned!”
This all reminds me when the USA gave Saddam the green light to invade Kuwait back in 1991 before getting half a million allied soldiers together to kick Saddam out of Kuwait and destroying his military power at the same time.
Let see if history is about to repeat itself, except it may well be Erdogan this time.
you are taking it out of context. saddam attacked oil fields and was told to pull back and he refused.
terggy on the other hand has attacked a bunch of carrot fields. they are not of the same value to the west. in fact 20 miles seems to have been agreed by the american for the advance of the terggish army and the american soliders have pulled back 20 miles and parked their jeeps waiting for their terggish commanders to arrive and even have the kettle on for a bit of terggish tea. i think it is demli cay they prefer. where is the problem in that?
The point is, Saddam believed in the Green light he received from the Americans before going into Kuwait for what ever the reasons were for him to go into Kuwait. Yes, Saddam believed Kuwait was once part of Iraq and wanted it back. Of course, oil fields in Kuwait played a part in Saddam wanting Kuwait back. Not much different than Erdogan believing Syria should belong to Turkey in one way or the other. Same situation regarding Cyprus too. Erdogan wants to take back all the land the Ottomans stole from others and eventually forced to give it back after WWI.
All I'm saying is, Erdogan can replace what happened to Saddam in a heartbeat if and when the West decides to do the same to Turkey as they did to Iraq, except not on Turkey's soils, but on Syrian's soil, just because of NATO membership which Turkey enjoys it's protection. However, on Syrian soil on flat land stretching 20 mile deep and 500 miles long, those A-10's would have a field day destroying anything and everything Turkey brings into that zone across it's border.