Thousands of articles have been published worldwide in recent weeks exposing Turkey’s strategic trickery—using the pretext of fighting ISIS to carry out a genocidal bombing campaign against the Kurds who have courageously countered ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 12 that a senior U.S. military official accused Turkey of deceiving the American government by allowing its use of Incirlik Airbase to attack ISIS as a cover for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s war on Kurdish fighters (PKK) in northern Iraq. So far, Turkey has carried out 300 air strikes against the PKK, and only 3 against ISIS! Erdogan’s intent in punishing the Kurds is to gain the sympathy of Turkish voters in the next parliamentary elections, enabling his party to win an outright majority and establish an autocratic presidential theocracy.
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Harut jan, money per se has little bearing on the matter because Americans and Turks, despite their occasional disagreements, are strategic partners.
For better or worse, lobbyists are a part of the U.S. political system. Sadly ethical considerations, political considerations and money are not usually aligned. Being unethical is a personal shortcoming but it is not illegal. Should any of the mentioned individuals violate U.S. law I hope legal action would be commenced against such people.
The comment about North Korea is an exaggeration. There are major differences on the world stage between Turkey and North Korea.
Just as Turkey uses lobbyists to push their causes, it is available to Armenia to do the same.
There are probably five Armenian columnists [in the world], who could write a piece like this one. Harut Sassounian has been doing it [every week], without fail, for 30 years. I hope people appreciate his sacrifice. His education, experience, and wisdom have guided him toward a significant & unparalleled contribution: Three decades of columns…informing the world of relevant facts & figures, unethical behavior, illegal behavior, and hypocrisy.
So the murder of dozens of Turkish policemen and soldiers by PKK is not enough reason for Turks to pound the strongholds of Kurdish terrorists, and they need a cover? Ah, yes, I forgot, these are Turkish losses, not that important…
America is full of high priced traitors and crooks most of which are running our government. Welcome to the fundamental change of amerrica.