Anisur Rahman wants to compare last century’s Afghan War and the Talibans with the marauding ISIL of today’s Iraq/Syria, and the U S and Russian involvements even though he admits “the Syrian conflict is infinitely more complex and convoluted”. Without sufficient knowledge about the geographic area or its various ethnic inhabitants and their respective loyalties and animosities, his ‘analysis’ is simplistic and superficial.
Please read an international expert who knows that terrain like ‘the back of his hand’ — Pepe Escobar.
<< For Russia, there’s no distinction, especially because a gaggle of Chechens, Uzbeks and Uyghurs (Chinese intel is on it) have sought harbor among these “moderates.” For Russia what matters is to smash any possibility of a future 900 km-long Jihad Highway between Aleppo and Grozny.
And that explains the Russian bombing of northern Latakia province. Ankara, predictably, went ballistic. The Foreign Ministry had even threatened Russia only a few days ago; the “Russian side’s actions were not a fight against terror, but they bombed civilian Turkmen villages and this could lead to serious consequences.” >>
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33816-why-turkey-stabbed-russia-in-the-back
 | readersupportednews.org 'It's absolutely impossible to understand why the Turkish government would engage in the suicidal strategy of downing a Russian Su-24 over Syrian territory - technically a NATO declaration of war on Russia - without putting in context the Turkish power play in northern Syria.' Pepe Escobar, teleSUR | |
Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2015 11:43 AM
To: ANISUR RAHMAN
Subject: Turkey's inexorable descent to extremism
 | opinion.bdnews24.com Spotlight + Under Ataturk, Turkey was set to become a secular nation nearly 80 years ago, but now sees changes away from those ideals + The slow slide into Islamism and extremism is motivated by President Erdogan's alignments in the Syrian War + Turkey's position in the conflict deteriorated in their recent shooting of a Russian warplane Turkey may be viewed by the developing countries as well as by the Muslim world as an advanced industrialised country very much in line with the Western democratic system, but this perception is largely misplaced and very much out of date. The reality of Turkey’s position is far from this perception. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a supremely enigmatic nationalist and visionary leader, picked up Turkey from its darkest hour in 1923 when Ottoman Sultanate was abolished and a modern, secular republic was born. He became the first president of the republic and ran the country as president until his death in 1938. He introduced a number of revolutionary reforms | |
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