10-11-2019, 09:16 AM
** 11-Oct-2019 World View: ISIS prisoner hyperbole
There's a lot of hyperbole going on. The Kurds have been expecting
this for a year, and they say they're well prepared for it. And there
are reports that the Turks are experiencing greater resistance than
they had expected.
As for "No thought!", the ISIS prisoner problem has been thought about
from the beginning. They're being used as pawns in the negotiations.
The Kurds can't just set them free, since the first thing they'll do
when they're free is beat, rape, kill and dismember as many Kurds as
they can. The Turks can't allow that, since after killing all the
Kurds they can, they'll cross into Turkey and start laying IEDs. The
Russians can't allow it either, because a lot of them come from
Russia's Caucasus region, and they'll go back. Same for the British,
French, Germans and Belgians. So the ISIS prisoners are just part of
a grand game.
Sorry. I just can't get excited about withdrawing 50 soldiers from
observation posts.
(10-11-2019, 07:00 AM)David Horn Wrote: > "You know, there is a lot of sunlight between withdrawing in an
> organized fashion, with all ones allies onboard, and this. What
> about the 1,000 hardcore ISIS fighters who will undoubtedly
> vaporize from the scene? No thought!
> At the very least, the Kurds deserved a few weeks advance notice
> to make real plans and execute on them. Telling people to piss
> off starting tomorrow is criminal, when they are going to
> die."
There's a lot of hyperbole going on. The Kurds have been expecting
this for a year, and they say they're well prepared for it. And there
are reports that the Turks are experiencing greater resistance than
they had expected.
As for "No thought!", the ISIS prisoner problem has been thought about
from the beginning. They're being used as pawns in the negotiations.
The Kurds can't just set them free, since the first thing they'll do
when they're free is beat, rape, kill and dismember as many Kurds as
they can. The Turks can't allow that, since after killing all the
Kurds they can, they'll cross into Turkey and start laying IEDs. The
Russians can't allow it either, because a lot of them come from
Russia's Caucasus region, and they'll go back. Same for the British,
French, Germans and Belgians. So the ISIS prisoners are just part of
a grand game.
Sorry. I just can't get excited about withdrawing 50 soldiers from
observation posts.
