{"id":240,"date":"2014-10-04T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lordre\/?p=240"},"modified":"2014-10-04T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T19:23:21","slug":"turkey-terror-targets-syria-iraq-kurds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lordre\/2014\/10\/turkey-terror-targets-syria-iraq-kurds.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkey’s targets in Syria and Iraq: Kurdish “terrorists”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

La foi que j’aime le mieux, dit Dieu, c’est l’esp\u00e9rance.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.<\/p>\n

Charles P\u00e9guy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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First, I would like to alert readers to my full bibliography page at Beliefnet<\/em>, with a complete list\u00a0of all my published books. It can be found at\u00a0http:\/\/lordre.net\/books.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In global politics, one of the most disturbing developments I have heard recently is the\u00a0decision by Turkish lawmakers to authorize\u00a0military action\u00a0in Iraq and Syria – against either country’s\u00a0wishes or\u00a0the most basic principles of international law.<\/p>\n

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Image via Twitter user: @Meyacan<\/a>: Kurdish PYD forces in Syria<\/p>\n

Everyone\u00a0has\u00a0strong reasons to be\u00a0distrustful of this move by Turkey, quite simply because we know from Turkey’s\u00a0past actions in Iraq, Syria and on its own territory that Turkey’s foremost concern in both countries has been to undermine the Kurdish struggle for self-determination<\/a> and gain more leverage over them. We can see this obsession apparent in Turkish media sources, which tend to be only marginally committed to pointing out the menace posed by ISIS, while their main concern continues to be Kurdish supposed “terror”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, no significant Turkish effort to defeat ISIS\u00a0is in evidence, while\u00a0there is in fact more evidence to show that Turkey supports ISIS<\/a>\u00a0despite its cynical move to authorize action in Syria and Iraq, supposedly against ISIS. Note that the\u00a0Turkish\u00a0move\u00a0also includes includes full\u00a0authorization\u00a0to attack Syrian troops and Kurds as well<\/a>, which further discredits it. As exposed in a leaked recording earlier this\u00a0year, which I wrote about during the 2014 political unrest in Turkey<\/a>, Turkey has been desperately searching for excuses to invade Kurdish lands in Syria and Iraq: a move that would further push the Kurdish people into oppression by Turkey. In their own words, they wanted to “make up a cause of war”.<\/p>\n

How can we be sure the Kurds are Turkey’s\u00a0targets? Well, look at the previous targets<\/a> Turkey has had in Iraq<\/a>, if you want a guess about who they are going to be shooting at in Syria: it’s always the Kurdish fighters who fall victim to Turkey’s attacks. Even more strangely, these are the\u00a0same Kurdish fighters being backed up by by the EU and the US against ISIS. Turkey cannot be considered a valid\u00a0part of the anti-ISIS coalition, due to its history of targeting the Kurds rather than assisting them. Demonstrated\u00a0by its previous actions, it\u00a0has its own megalomaniacal national goals of conquering the Kurds\u00a0in Syria and Iraq, and cannot be trusted.<\/p>\n

Even US Vice President Biden has pointed out that Turkey recklessly supported ISIS in Northern Syria<\/a>, which makes Turkey already largely to blame for ISIS massacres against\u00a0Kurds in the country. There should be no doubt Turkey had anti-Kurdish objectives in mind when supporting extremist groups in Syria, and it also has these same goals\u00a0in mind as it seeks\u00a0to “make up an excuse”\u00a0as Hakan Fidan himself called it,\u00a0for escalating its aggression against the Kurdish people in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

My personal hope is that the Kurdish people are able to fend off any aggression by Turkey\u00a0against them, and prevail against Turkey’s vetted ISIS puppets,\u00a0as well as any Turkish armies Erdogan makes the mistake of sending into Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, for all who expressed interest in my biggest novel\u00a0The Traveller and Pandemonium<\/em>\u00a0this week, it can be downloaded or bought in print easily right here<\/a>. Any other titles\u00a0you might be interested in can be found in my full list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I am also pleased to announce the\u00a0Kindle edition<\/a>\u00a0will be reduced massively in price next weekend, and I will of course alert readers via Twitter<\/a> and via the blog when that happens. In the meantime, watch out for my upcoming\u00a0thorough<\/a>\u00a0analysis\u00a0of Google’s 2013 book\u00a0The New Digital Age<\/em>,\u00a0at\u00a0h+ Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Harry J. Bentham<\/a><\/p>\n

\"HJB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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