Posted on Oct 8, 2014
If ISIS crosses into Turkey, will the U.S. put troops on the ground to support it's NATO ally?
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If ISIS takes Kobani, a city bordering Turkey, they will be on the edge of one of our NATO allies. Do you believe that if ISIS spills into Turkey, NATO (to include the U.S.) will have to place troops on the ground?
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SSG Maurice P.
SFC Merino your absolutely right...Turkey needs to act like they want to be our ally....
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
How does one "act" like an ally? Oh yeah, buy actually doing something that supports us after all the money we give them.
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Isis would be insane to attack Turkey from my limited purview. Turkey is simply watching the battle from their side of the border. They are letting Isis take care of the Kurd problem, so as longs as Isis stays off Turkish soil, I believe Turkey would be happy to watch them eliminate the Kurds. Turkey has its own very serious internal political rifts. That whole area is a cauldron of mixed signals and dubious friendships.
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According to the Big Boss Man - NO TROOPS, air strikes only. Of course that's today, tomorrow that thought process may disappear like a fart in the wind.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
CPT Michael Barden, IMHO, we should had dissolved it years ago because NATO doesn't take a dump unless we provide the toilet.
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Tactically, SGT Craig Northacker is dead-on. IS knows that Turkey will be happy to stand by and watch the Kurds bleed. To force the Turks' hand is lunacy.
Strategically, only the Arabs can stop ISIS. Why? Because for centuries, many muslim clerics have been praying for the stated purpose of the IS - a new Caliphate and the ejection of non-Muslims from the middle east. No one in the Arab world would be concerned about stopping IS if the Saud family and their allies didn't feel threatened.
Strategically, only the Arabs can stop ISIS. Why? Because for centuries, many muslim clerics have been praying for the stated purpose of the IS - a new Caliphate and the ejection of non-Muslims from the middle east. No one in the Arab world would be concerned about stopping IS if the Saud family and their allies didn't feel threatened.
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I highly doubt it. There's much bigger things in play right now than being preoccupied with the Turkey border. It would be nice if NATO and the UN would stay playing around and actually get some decent work done.
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SSG (Join to see) Excellent observation. I think the Turkish situation is one of the more unusual in that Turkey has mixed signals within it's own government and within it's religious leadership.
I personally don't see the UN ever becoming an effective force in the near future. NATO will continue to be a milquetoast organization because the economies of the major players in NATO are not seriously robust enough to withstand a huge deficit in money spent on any extended efforts.
I personally don't see the UN ever becoming an effective force in the near future. NATO will continue to be a milquetoast organization because the economies of the major players in NATO are not seriously robust enough to withstand a huge deficit in money spent on any extended efforts.
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Boots are already on the ground, despite what our leaders and the media are saying. I can tell you this with no hesitation.
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Not sure they are still there but in the bad old days of the Cold War we had a couple Crippie Bases there and I suspect they are still there to watch Mother Russia so Yeah I would say that is a given.
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