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It comes after Syrian Kurdish officials said the government in Damascus had agreed to send troops.
Turkey regards the Kurdish fighters, just across its border in Afrin, as terrorists. It launched a major offensive against them last month.
Syria has not had a military presence there since pulling out in 2012.
If you replace dictators and Islam with democracy, you will see something that has never been seen in the Middle East.......PEACE.
LOL. Dictators just love war, don't they?
If you replace dictators and Islam with democracy, you will see something that has never been seen in the Middle East.......PEACE.
Strategist says
If you replace dictators and Islam with democracy, you will see something that has never been seen in the Middle East.......PEACE.
Wow, you are saying there has never been a war when a country was a democracy. That's a very interesting interpretation of history.
"The U.S. Has Only Been At Peace For 21 Years Total Since Its Birth"
Strategist saysDictators just love war, don't they?
US dictatorship?
anon_72630 says"The U.S. Has Only Been At Peace For 21 Years Total Since Its Birth"
Only because of non democracies.
Non democracy defined as anything we don't like?
War is part of human nature, and democracies are no different. The US Civil War was a fight between the The United States and the Confederate States, both democracies. Also, the US - Mexican War of 1846 involved two democracies. If Canada could be considered a democracy in the 1840's, then the "54 - 40 or fight" could be considered one democracy threatening war with another democracy.
No mature democracy has ever attacked another mature democracy. They solve their differences through courts, and continue to be friends. Canada is a mature democracy today, with zero chance of it being invaded by us.
We want mutual prosperity, which benefits both sides, not wars.
But KEEP SHOPPING!!
It comes after Syrian Kurdish officials said the government in Damascus had agreed to send troops.
Turkey regards the Kurdish fighters, just across its border in Afrin, as terrorists. It launched a major offensive against them last month.
Syria has not had a military presence there since pulling out in 2012.
"Popular forces will arrive in Afrin within a few hours to support its people's stand against the Turkish regime's attack on the area and its people," Syrian state news agency, Sana, said.
A senior Kurdish official, Badran Jia Kurd, told Reuters that government soldiers would deploy to some border positions. This has not been confirmed by Syrian authorities.
If a deal has been struck, Turkish troops could find themselves confronting not only Kurdish fighters in Afrin, but the Syrian army too, says BBC World Service Middle East editor Alan Johnston.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43107013