{"id":92458,"date":"2019-11-06T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92458"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:10:17","slug":"and-turkeys-view-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92458","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;and Turkey&#8217;s View Of It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_85517\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85517\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USMC-EA-6B-Prowler-over-Afghanistan-2014-2.png?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USMC-EA-6B-Prowler-over-Afghanistan-2014-2.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USMC-EA-6B-Prowler-over-Afghanistan-2014-2.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USMC-EA-6B-Prowler-over-Afghanistan-2014-2.png?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USMC-EA-6B-Prowler-over-Afghanistan-2014-2.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USMA EX-6B Prowler over Afghanistan (Photo by Senior Airman James Richardson\/USAF)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, back in Turkey, it appears that Erdogan is a bit twitchy about some things:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/05\/turkey-says-kurdish-fighters-still-remain-in-safe-zone-near-syrian-border\/\">https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/05\/turkey-says-kurdish-fighters-still-remain-in-safe-zone-near-syrian-border\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SURUC, Turkey \u2014 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Tuesday for Russia and the United States to keep to their promises and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/29\/russia-says-syrian-kurds-complete-withdrawal-from-turkish-border\/\">ensure that Syrian Kurdish fighters pull out\u00a0<\/a>of a so-called safe zone along Syria\u2019s northern border with Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>In his weekly speech to ruling party legislators, Erdogan said Syrian Kurdish fighters were still present in some of the border areas in northeastern Syria. That\u2019s despite two cease-fire agreements \u2014 brokered by the U.S. and Russia \u2014 that halted Turkey\u2019s military offensive to allow Kurdish fighters to pull back from the border.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey considers these Kurdish-led forces to be terrorists, but the same fighters had also made up the core of the U.S.-backed force that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/30\/us-official-predicts-islamic-state-will-replace-slain-leader\/\">battled the Islamic State group<\/a>. &#8211;\u00a0 article<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it: We still have people in Syria; Erdogan isn&#8217;t happy about any of it, because he wants to grab land; and the Kurds are still getting our help.\u00a0 This will likely stay on the back burner until or unless Erdogan decides he wants to do more than grumble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, back in Turkey, it appears that Erdogan is a bit twitchy about some things:\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/05\/turkey-says-kurdish-fighters-still-remain-in-safe-zone-near-syrian-border\/ SURUC, Turkey \u2014 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Tuesday for Russia and the United States to keep to their promises and\u00a0ensure that Syrian Kurdish fighters pull out\u00a0of a so-called safe zone along Syria\u2019s northern border with Turkey. 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