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originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: crazyewok
Then there should be no issues admitting the real reason russia is in syria, and its not isis.
“The military goal of the operation is strictly to provide air support for the [Syrian] government forces in their fight against Islamic State,” he said.
Moscow could "theoretically" join the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq if its conditions are met, Interfax news agency quoted Ilya Rogachev, a director at the Russian foreign ministry, as saying on Friday.
Moscow wants its long-time ally Damascus to be included in the international efforts to combat IS and says any international military operation in Syria should have a United Nations mandate.
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Tyrion79
Both... And Russia is only attacking groups fighting assad.
And ?
Thats the only way to get Syria back under any sort of control.
originally posted by: Tyrion79
a reply to: Xcathdra
Well, it might be more accurate to say, that I was implying that the Armenian Turks are used as pawns by Turkey in both the fight against ISIS and Assad, which is why the Russians are bombing them currently.
How is Turkish Armenians have gotten into your narrative ? Syrian Armenians are the main spy ring for Russian in Syria , everyone knows that . Iranians & Armenians do work closely in the area to further their own agenda .
Syria and Turkey share a long border , region , culture , history , religion . Yet you are convinced that Russian Christians + Shia Iranians backed by Chinese are best suited party to be judge & jury of Sunni muslims .
Also, what will happen with the Turkish Kurds who now have been armed to fight against ISIS, after ISIS is defeated?
Nothing will happen to them , they will come back and go to their lives in a normal way. Turks & Kurds co-existed like this for 1000 years .
Will Turkey welcome them back into the country, or is it hoping they'll seize a part of Syria instead to found their own state?
Part of Northern Iraqi Kurdistan Region will join Turks and Turkmens in Syria will also follow suit ; so yes the maps are going to change a bit both in Iraq & Syria .
There's alot of dirty scheming going on and lot of people being used for different or even opposing causes here.
It's very hard for outsiders to judge any merit to those causes, seeing how biased or censored our media resources are.
Nothing will happen to them , they will come back and go to their lives in a normal way. Turks & Kurds co-existed like this for 1000 years .