Turkish Response to ISIS: what is their goal or endgame?

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:14:33 -0400

Turkey claims it may invade Syria to fight ISIS after a Turkish soldier is killed and 32 civilians with a bomb. If they do invade Syria, what is do you think the objective is? Fight ISIS? Destabilize or fight the Kurds? Other?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2015 9:20 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:20:16 -0400

Both probably. It's Turkey, they'll do what the want.

Response by SFC Everett Oliver made Jul 25 at 2015 9:25 PM

SFC Everett Oliver — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:25:22 -0400

Turkey is no one to play with. Their military is very tough and their Government doesn't play games. If they are after ISIS then they are after ISIS. Now saying that will they take the opportunity to hit a few Kurdish targets? Extremely possible.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2015 9:27 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:27:02 -0400

Prime opportunity for them to go after the Kurds. Been a thorn in their sides for quite awhile. They've already broke the cease fire they had with them. Seems like they're on a agenda

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2015 9:29 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:29:00 -0400

The Turks will hit ISIS, as they say, as well as harass the Kurds. However, I believe it's unlikely they will surrender the territory they seized afterwards.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jul 25 at 2015 9:33 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:33:29 -0400

That is a Horrible Thought and a distinct possibility. There is no love Between the Turks and the Kurds and they could very well use the current situation to their advantage.

Response by LTC John Shaw made Jul 25 at 2015 10:04 PM

LTC John Shaw — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 22:04:50 -0400

As many others have said. They will go after Kurd and ISIL targets. The Kurds are why they delay and largely have been uninvolved. Their population near the Syrian border largely support Sunni Muslims.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 25 at 2015 10:52 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 22:52:48 -0400

Take out Assad.

Response by SSgt Brycen Shumway made Jul 25 at 2015 11:05 PM

SSgt Brycen Shumway — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:05:02 -0400

I watched some documentary ISIS allowed to get out, or put on. In it they claimed that they will attack Turkey. If anything, to destroy a dam blocking a major river. But the dam provides much and more for the local Turks.

I believed them then. If ISIS said that they intend to attack Turkey, then they will. It's only a matter of time. Turkey's reaction will be to fight back, and ISIS will learn the hard way why they have had it easy in Iraq. They took full advantage of a country recoiling from a decade long war, and were able to acquire all the stuff they got. Turkey, however, has had all this time to prepare against their attack and will go in full force.
They should do something like Desert Storm. Go all out, hold nothing back. End ISIS in a matter of weeks... Whether or not they give up "territory" gained or not is on them. As I see it, Iraq and the Kurds can blame ISIS for it if they don't. Country borders are drawn on papers and maps. It's not like there's a line on the face of the world to indicate where one country ends and the next begins.