Turkey is to ISIS as Pakistan is to al-Qaeda?

Not Comms Officer · March 07, 2015, 03:12:14 AM

If you've been following the Kobane fight closely, you'd be noticing that Turkey has refused to shut off access for ISIS or help the Kurds until every other country was on the verge of declaring them as supporters as ISIS, which in that case, they allowed a small, token force of Peshmerga through their borders into Kobane. Many more stories and sensical (from their perspective......) causes for them to support ISIS.

Here's one such story in particular.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-turkey-throws-kobane-hero-jail-while-treating-islamist-commander-hospital-1490842

Naoto · March 07, 2015, 06:14:50 AM

Pakistan is a lot more in bed with the taliban/al-Qaeda.
Turkey's border is much more solid, and I wouldn't exactly call them friendly with ISIS. They may fool around a bit when it suits them, but ISIS would eventually target them for the caliphate.

Its the middle east. No one likes anyone. Turkey hates the Kurds because they tend to rebel and try to start their own country. Which goes back to British map drawing.

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 07, 2015, 12:04:06 PM

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Not Comms Officer · March 07, 2015, 02:18:30 PM

Quote from: Arm The Mob on March 07, 2015, 12:04:06 PM

1) Turks hate Kurds. Always have, always will.

2) Turkey is growing more Islamist under Erdogan.

Yes, which is why Turkey is leaning towards supporting ISIS.

Poll

Does Turkey secretly maintain good relations with ISIS in the same way that Pakistan secretly maintains/ed good relations with al-Qaeda 10 years ago?

Turkey is to ISIS as Pakistan is to al-Qaeda?