Middle East: A Layperson's View of Turkey's Bombing ISIL and Kurdish Targets

Just when I think things can't get worse in the Middle East, it does.

Now Turkey, which had/has been allowing safe passage to ISIL and did nothing while the Battle of Kobani went on, does a turnaround and is bombing ISIL targets and Kurdish targets in Northern Iraq.

I'm fairly certain that the US made some deal with Turkey to be able to use their bases but that the US did not count on Turkey bombing the Kurds who have been the "boots on the ground" to fight ISIL.

If you ask me what I think, I would say the US should not trust Erdogan. I remember how he promised to help when the situation in Kobani was critical but did nothing. In fact, Turkey blocked the entry point between Turkey and Kobani, trapping people in Kobani. Erdogan also forced Joe Biden to apologize when Biden had said the truth that Turkey was being used as the entry point of ISIL jihadists to Syria.

While this complicated dance goes on, people are dying, people are displaced, and peace remains elusive.


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Photo courtesy of The Guardian

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