Turkey set to invade Syria; US to remove forces from area
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1000s More US Troops to Middle East
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Reports about Trump regime withdrawal of US forces from Syria are greatly exaggerated, thousands more Pentagon troops to the region ordered.
On Friday, US war secretary Mark Esper’s spokesman said he “authorized the deployment of additional US forces and the following equipment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” including:
Two Fighter Squadrons
One Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW)
Two Patriot Batteries
One Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD)
Nominally “to assure and enhance the defense of Saudi Arabia,” unexplained was that the kingdom’s only foreign threats are invented or caused by partnering with US aggression in Yemen.
Since May, US Middle East forces were increased by 14,000, the war department statement added.
If trump sent more troops to Syria his followers would enthusiastically support it. If he withdraws troops they support that. Trump supporters are mindless drones who support anything their emperor god does...just as long as he keeps attacking immigrants and minorities.
Erdogan Lashes Out: Saudis & Egypt's Sisi Are "Murderers" - Claims Assad Killed 1 Million People
Sat, 10/12/2019 - 09:50
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a verbal attack against the Saudi and Egyptian governments in statements made Thursday after the latter two states criticized Ankara’s new military incursion in Syria.
“Saudi Arabia has to look in the mirror before it criticizes the peace process,” Erdogan said in a speech during an expanded meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as quoted by the Anatolia news agency.
“Who brought Yemen to this situation, except Saudi Arabia, and the Egyptian president in particular, has no right to speak at all, he is a killer of democracy in his country,” Erdogan continued.
OPEC's Barkindo on Supply Deficit, Iraq, Saudi Aramco IPO
Egyptian President el Sisi with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, via ABC.net.au
“I will remind them of the names, and invite them to be honest. I will start from Saudi Arabia, and say you have to look in the mirror, who brought Yemen to this situation? How is the situation in Yemen now? Did thousands of people not die in Yemen? You have to first calculate that,” he said to the audience.
“Yemen is currently suffering from extreme poverty. You have destroyed every place. You have to calculate that first. You cannot interfere with us about the operation we launched in Syria to fight terrorism and preserve the territorial integrity of Syria,” he concluded about Saudi Arabia.
“As for the president of the Egyptian regime. Don’t ever speak about us! You are a murderer of democracy in your country. You are a murderer!”
“It was said that Sisi met with one of them and denounced the process of the spring of peace. Our love for the Syrian people is not debatable,” he continued.
Erdogan explained that Turkey does not accept any kind of criticism about this military operation in Syria.
“Turkey is not fighting the Kurdish brothers in the east of the Euphrates, but fighting the terrorist organization, and that Turkey may be the only legitimate force inside the Syrian territory.”
Erdogan reinforced that Turkey stands with the Kurdish people, saying, “We still host 300,000 of our Kurdish brothers who came to our country from the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, but the United States and the European Union do not see that.”
“They are pushing for the step we have taken for the sake of the unity of Syria. Stay aside. We will continue our path, the aim of this process is to contribute to the preservation of the territorial integrity and political unity of Syria.”
Erdogan also criticized the positions of the European Union countries on the Spring of Peace” operation, saying “If you try to denounce the military operation as an occupation, our work is very easy. We will open our doors and send you 3.6 million refugees.”
“The EU says it will not send the second the batch of 3 billion euros in aid to Syrian refugees. You have never delivered on your promises and we have not relied on you. We will manage but at the same time open the doors to the refugees.”
“How many Syrians have been embraced by some Arab and European countries that criticize us? We are waiting for an answer to these questions.”
“Your whole life is a lie,” Erdogan said. “Attack Recep Tayyip Erdogan as you wish, we are taking confident steps in this way.”
He also spoke of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying: “Unfortunately, the regime’s choice was not in favor of democratic methods, but through coercion. Bashar al-Assad killed nearly one million people in Syria.”
“We are a member of the alliance and Article 5 of the alliance provides for the support of any NATO country when it is subjected to terrorist attacks,” Erdogan told NATO members.
“I call on those who used to criticize Turkey at a time when they turn a blind eye to what is happening in Syria, to reason with their morality and conscience; Turkey does not covet the territory and property of any state, as well as the Syrian National Army, which is moving with it.”
“We never accept that no one will be harmed in the peace process, especially civilians, and everyone will trust that ISIS will not reappear in the region that Turkey controls, and I would like to offer this guarantee to the whole world.”
Sat, 10/12/2019 - 09:50
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a verbal attack against the Saudi and Egyptian governments in statements made Thursday after the latter two states criticized Ankara’s new military incursion in Syria.
“Saudi Arabia has to look in the mirror before it criticizes the peace process,” Erdogan said in a speech during an expanded meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as quoted by the Anatolia news agency.
“Who brought Yemen to this situation, except Saudi Arabia, and the Egyptian president in particular, has no right to speak at all, he is a killer of democracy in his country,” Erdogan continued.
OPEC's Barkindo on Supply Deficit, Iraq, Saudi Aramco IPO
Egyptian President el Sisi with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, via ABC.net.au
“I will remind them of the names, and invite them to be honest. I will start from Saudi Arabia, and say you have to look in the mirror, who brought Yemen to this situation? How is the situation in Yemen now? Did thousands of people not die in Yemen? You have to first calculate that,” he said to the audience.
“Yemen is currently suffering from extreme poverty. You have destroyed every place. You have to calculate that first. You cannot interfere with us about the operation we launched in Syria to fight terrorism and preserve the territorial integrity of Syria,” he concluded about Saudi Arabia.
“As for the president of the Egyptian regime. Don’t ever speak about us! You are a murderer of democracy in your country. You are a murderer!”
“It was said that Sisi met with one of them and denounced the process of the spring of peace. Our love for the Syrian people is not debatable,” he continued.
Erdogan explained that Turkey does not accept any kind of criticism about this military operation in Syria.
“Turkey is not fighting the Kurdish brothers in the east of the Euphrates, but fighting the terrorist organization, and that Turkey may be the only legitimate force inside the Syrian territory.”
Erdogan reinforced that Turkey stands with the Kurdish people, saying, “We still host 300,000 of our Kurdish brothers who came to our country from the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, but the United States and the European Union do not see that.”
“They are pushing for the step we have taken for the sake of the unity of Syria. Stay aside. We will continue our path, the aim of this process is to contribute to the preservation of the territorial integrity and political unity of Syria.”
Erdogan also criticized the positions of the European Union countries on the Spring of Peace” operation, saying “If you try to denounce the military operation as an occupation, our work is very easy. We will open our doors and send you 3.6 million refugees.”
“The EU says it will not send the second the batch of 3 billion euros in aid to Syrian refugees. You have never delivered on your promises and we have not relied on you. We will manage but at the same time open the doors to the refugees.”
“How many Syrians have been embraced by some Arab and European countries that criticize us? We are waiting for an answer to these questions.”
“Your whole life is a lie,” Erdogan said. “Attack Recep Tayyip Erdogan as you wish, we are taking confident steps in this way.”
He also spoke of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying: “Unfortunately, the regime’s choice was not in favor of democratic methods, but through coercion. Bashar al-Assad killed nearly one million people in Syria.”
“We are a member of the alliance and Article 5 of the alliance provides for the support of any NATO country when it is subjected to terrorist attacks,” Erdogan told NATO members.
“I call on those who used to criticize Turkey at a time when they turn a blind eye to what is happening in Syria, to reason with their morality and conscience; Turkey does not covet the territory and property of any state, as well as the Syrian National Army, which is moving with it.”
“We never accept that no one will be harmed in the peace process, especially civilians, and everyone will trust that ISIS will not reappear in the region that Turkey controls, and I would like to offer this guarantee to the whole world.”
He probably knows some Palestinians who make sure that hate of Israel/Jews is ingrained in their culture. Like a "drive them into the sea" kind of hate. I suspect that you understand.
Turkey just fired on US troops, by the way.
Trump Towers Istanbul is apparently more important, though.
Not with the Palestinians I know, though there is more of the type of hatred you just showed around with the Jewish community here that I've worked with.
And if you're going to raise the 'drive them into the sea' myth, then this needs to up as a rebuttal.
https://www.juancole.com/2019/10/expansionist-intention-partition.html
Fortunately, there are those working for peaceful solutions.
https://www.juancole.com/2019/10/africans-palestinians-apartheid.html
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Maybe this looks a little stupid from the outside, but we definitely don't see the whole picture. As chicago breaking news writes, Trump has a place to use troops without this conflict - https://chicagomorningstar.com/somali-militants-hit-us-drone-base-and-italian-convoy I'm not a Trump supporter, but Erdogan looks like a mad puppet now (if you look at his speech). I stocked up with popcorn and just see how it ends ..
That's the thing about this thread that makes me wonder; all this criticism of Trump but barely a word of criticism of Erdogan.
