Viewpoint wrote:Kikapu wrote:And replace Assad with whom exactly, a non Democratic and backward Islamist?
So you support Ass-ad.Not necessarily. I'm just asking the question. The one who has been supporting Assad for years has been your MP Erdogan, also supporting the likes of Gaddafi, Mubarak and all the tin pot dictators, just because he sees himself as one of them. Were you not rooting for Assad when he allowed Ferry service to come from Syria to the north at the request of Erdogan? By the way, what ever happened to that ferry service?
The USA tried to help the Muslims in their own country to become democratic through the "Arab Spring" and all they got in return was a spit in their eyes and dead ambassador, is the reason as to why the USA won't enter Syria. They are hoping Turkey will, since Turkey was the first country to lead the march to invade syria but stopped at the border when she found herself to be the only one. After all the bravado, downed F-4 with two dead pilots, many killed through bombings, Turkey has done fcuk all to back up her self imposed regional power credentials. Not surprising as to why Syria is not afraid of Turkey, because Turkey's bark is much more than her bite, and the Mavi Marmara incident exposed Turkey's weakness that she cannot do anything she spouts out after any incident, and there has been many in recent years. It is true, Turkey has become all talk and no action. Now do you understand why I state that Turkey has no convictions, but she is ONLY an opportunist. Can't wait to find out what was promised to the Kurds to allow the PKK to leave Turkey. Perhaps their own independent Kurdistan in Eastern part of Turkey? Without the impoverished Eastern Turkey, the rest of the country can grow much faster as Turkey heads towards the 100th anniversary of Republic of Turkey in 2023. Erdogan promised many things by then, like the word's 10th economy, building cars and planes, income around $25,000 per capita and an EU member state. One can dream, I guess!
The above bullshit reveals
that you salving at the mouth wanting Turkey to enter a war so that she can be pulled to pieces, Erdoğan is doing the right thing he should stay out and not get involved with direct combat, its not necessary and it would be grave mistake to take such a step. Your encouraging war reveals more about you than anything else, Turkey is doing the right thing by playing it cool on the sidelines.
So you admit, that Turkey is all talk and no show, the so called regional power. So she has no convictions if she believes that Assad should go because of the deaths of so many people across Syria, which has to be pointed out, that at least half of the deaths are committed by forces supported by Turkey directly.
I'm not saying Turkey should be involved directly in Syria, but when Turkey keeps saying Assad should go and that he will pay when the time comes and that no one should tests Turkey's power, blah blah blah, this has to be backed by real action instead of wanting others to go first, so that she can take credit for something she did not have the courage to do the job herself, much like when Erdogan refused to go after his good friend Gaddafi in Libya after the west went to kick his butt, but Erdogan came to Libya after the fact to collect "thank yous" from the people of Libya. What he really wanted was some oil but the French, Italians, British and the Americans had already mopped up all the oil for themselves. So this time Turkey wanted to be the leader of the pack to go into Syria so that she can take most of the credit for taking down his good friend, Assad, but the west are also opportunistic when it comes to Oil, and since there is no Oil in Syria, the west is staying put. I guess Erdogan did not know that there was no Oil in Syria, so now Turkey is left holding the empty barrel. Syria will never forget that Turkey supported forces to get rid of Assad if and when the dust settles in Syria. Turkey will become Syria's No. 1 enemy, so in reality, Turkey will pay the price now and in the future as long as Assad remains in power. This is what happens if you give your enemy the opportunity to re group to fight a another day if you did not finish him off when you had the chance. Turkey had the chance, but she did not have the conviction or the courage.
Anyway, I'm really curious, if the ferry service from Syria to the north still in operation or not?