I know Turkey is ultra-sensitive about the Armenian Genocide a century ago to the point of denying that it occurred. But it did occur, and now Turkey, in its zeal to be anti-Kurdish in every possible way despite having a substantial domestic Kurdish population, is allowing ISIS to commit genocide in Kobane, Syria.
Kobane is literally on the Turkey/Syria border. Turkey could easily send troops across the border to protect the Kurdish population in Kobane, but for some strange political reason, Turkey refuses to do so because the Syrian Kurd's have offended Turkey somehow. I don't know how that justifies allowing ISIS to commit genocide, but in Turkey's mind it does.
So Peter Smith was correct. He didn't allow me travel to Turkey because he didn't trust them. Unfortunately, NATO crossed that line a long time ago and now has a deficient member of NATO that is not doing all it can do to fight ISIS.
I used to support Turkey joining the EU. Now I wonder if they even belong in NATO.
Of course, I am not a diplomat and diplomacy is all about maintaining the possible even it is not occurring at the moment.
But it sure is frustrating to watch and supporting the Kurd's is about the only sane thing that can be done in the mess that has resulted from the U.S. taking down Saddam Hussein.
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