COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT
There are at least two reasons for this provocation by
Turkey.
ISIS has been financing itself by stealing Syrian oil and
selling it to Turkey at a discount.
Putin’s recent heavy bombardment of the trucks and
facilities involved undoubtedly irritates Erdogan, and I believe his own son is
involved in this whole operation.
The second reason for this is that it was meant to put a
stop to a genuine anti-ISIS coalition.
When I say “genuine,” I mean one which actually targets the
terrorists – as Russia is doing – and not one which targets Syria and
effectively protects ISIS, which is the pattern of America’s efforts, the ones
supported by a disingenuous David Cameron.
Turkey is the last country wanting a genuine coalition since
it is a major supporter of ISIS. It uses those murderous thugs against both the
Kurds Erdogan so hates and of course against the government of Syria, a
reasonable government which opposes some of Erdogan’s fetid dreams of empire.
Of course, in any matter involving Erdogan, there is always
the sheer fact of his mental instability as an explanatory variable. This man
who built himself a grotesque, one thousand-room palace recently, makes
contradictory statements on important matters every few days, and hates some
groups like the Kurds with an intense white heat is a genuinely erratic and
unstable man.
It’s all a dirty business, and the only honest major player
is Putin. Cameron, Obama, Erdogan, and Netanyahu are outright liars and
supporters of terror. They are also guilty of supporting criminal invasion of a
peaceful country. Hollande was with them but has been wavering.
The various words by American Defense Secretary Ash Carter
over recent time sound just like something from Dr. Strangelove, full of dark
threats and anger over America’s dirty plans being thwarted by Putin.
If what these people were doing in Syria was honorable and
acceptable to public opinion, why do they keep lying and hiding what they are
doing?
There is no doubt Turkey’s act was premeditated. If the
plane was in Turkish airspace, it would have been only for seconds over the
point of land which sticks down into Syria.
You do not shoot someone for that, especially when it is
well known what they are doing.
The plane crashed 4 kilometers inside Syria.
And we have the surviving pilot saying there was no warning
at all.
In the end, I very much believe Erdogan will regret this
rash act. Already, Russia is building a no-fly zone in the area.
The missile cruiser Moskva
is to be stationed in the area with instructions to attack threats.
Putin is also putting the S-400 anti-aircraft system, the world's
most formidable, at the Russian base.
Still further, fighters will accompany all bombers now.
