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Originally Posted by lucky1
Unless there are boots on the ground, this is basically showmanship. I'm seriously dissapointed at the Turks that they have ISIS knocking at their back door, but just sit idly by hoping that they will take care of thier Kurdish 'problem' for them.... Exactly why are they a NATO partner?
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ISIS has been very careful in not pushing Turkey too hard. They basically took over a Syrian town that also has a Turkish enclave and so far has left the enclave alone. ISIS is pretty much holding it hostage, so Turkey is in a bit of difficult situation.
I also don't think that Turkey is hoping that ISIS takes care of their "Kurdish problem". If anything, ISIS is drastically increasing the Kurdish demographic in Turkey... most of those refugees are not going home.