Crisis deepens as Turkey fires more retaliatory strikes at Syria for fourth consecutive day
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Holly3278
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This is definitely not good. I remember reading the other day about Syria firing mortars into Turkey but I did not post it for a reason which I cannot remember right now. I hope and pray that this situation does not continue to worsen. If it does, we may be dragged into World War III.
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Vouthon
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Eerily enough, a lot of people have been saying that Syria could turn into another “Cuban Missiles” moment (Ie bring us close to another World War). A headline in the British tabliod newspaper “The Mirror” actually asked the question in one of its headers “Will it turn into World War III?”.
At the very least, a regional middle east war could erupt. However if NATO becomes involved, would it still just be “regional”?
I’m led to believe that for a World War all or most of the Great Powers must be involved. NATO and Russia on opposing sides could lead to that, I suppose but its still a far out - dare I say “far-fetched” - possibility that I don’t want to envision nor do I think likely (although it is completely possible given the international dimension of the Syrian conflict). A lot of analysts suggest that simply because Syria could so easily lead to war on a global scale, it makes it less likely, since no one would risk it, since the world leaders all know how dangerous it is.We must pray that the Turkish and Syrian authorities can sort this out through recourse to peaceful discussion and not war, yes.
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endaman
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I saw a picture in a Sunday UK news paper today of a young boy in Aleppo maybe 2 years old crying in devastation while looking at his burnet arms. He had other burn marks on his face. I have a little girl about the same age and this picture nearly broke my heart.
If this balloons into WW 3 or even stays regionalized to the middle east we have to do what we can to promote peace and pray for peace, failing that pray that people will be spared.
But following this closely myself for some time I just see way too much sabre rattling for this to die down soon and remain a local war to a few countries.
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If this balloons into WW 3 or even stays regionalized to the middle east we have to do what we can to promote peace and pray for peace, failing that pray that people will be spared.
But following this closely myself for some time I just see way too much sabre rattling for this to die down soon and remain a local war to a few countries.
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Holly3278
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This is true. While on an individual level we can’t do a whole lot other than to pray we still also must urge our leaders to take responsible steps towards averting a more larger conflict than what is already going on.
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Ridgerunner
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I can’t see this turning into WWIII. Turkey has obviously limited its responses. I can’t picture Assad attacking Turkey in any greater measure than lobbing shells onto refugees. The Turks know he’s hitting refugees and is not trying to start a general war with Turkey.
Still, Turkey has to respond, so it lobs a few shells into Syria just to keep the score even.
Nor do I picture Iran wanting to mix it up with Turkey by doing more than support its proxy, Assad, with arms and the occasional fighter from its other proxy, Hezbollah.
Iran knows Turkey has not intervened in Iran’s intervention in Iraq. So why expect it in Syria?
If, by some very strange turn of events, Assad did a lot more than he has been doing to Turkey, the only major army in the immediate area is Turkey’s, and it wouldn’t take long for Turkey to put the end to Assad’s regime. Yes, Russia has a toehold in Syria with its naval base, but that does not mean it would risk troops against the Turkish armed forces. Russia’s ground forces are less than Turkey’s and nowhere nearby in any case. Turkey would give Russia its assurances that it would do nothing to the naval base, and Russia would stand still and await further events.
This isn’t going to be WWIII.
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Seamus_L
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As a side note. I find it interesting that while Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has received so much international criticism for his being a Holocaust denier, so very little has been said about the fact that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also a Holocaust denier (Armenian Genocide)
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Vouthon
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That is true. Obama promised when he came in that he would pass a Senate ruling to force Turkey to admit its perpetration of the Armenian Genocide.
There are speeches on youtube where he speaks about how he was going to get universal agreement on the Ottoman’s direct slaughter of the Christians in the Empire.
When he came in office, he backtracked and did nothing.
The Turks are more “fly” than the Iranians (ie they cloak themselves under ‘secularism’ and ‘democracy’ when in fact the Turkish regime is Islamizing at a fast rate and increasingly is becoming autocratic).
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