Turkey should have been thrown out of NATO years ago
NATO is supposed to protect others.
During the 1980s Anfal campaign in Iraq, countless
THOUSANDS of Kurds ran to the Turkish borders trying to escape the slaughter
Turkish soldiers
SHOT and
KILLED countless numbers of Kurds on that border
Due to Turkey,
THOUSANDS of Kurds died in those mountains
They died from
HUNGER and
THIRSTEvery morning large numbers of people were found
FROZEN SOLID Kurds had already suffered so many horrors at the hands of Turkey
The deaths of so many innocent people were the worst in living memory
But Turkey was not thrown out of NATO as it should have been
More recently the destruction of KOBANE
The Turkish government was well aware that ISIS was heading towards Kobane
Turkey had plenty of time in which to positions it's tanks along the Turkish/Syrian border
The coalition, including Turkey had plenty of time in which to prevent ISIS reaching Kobane, yet they
ALLOWED ISIS to reach Kobane
Turkey was the worst because they were on the border so close that they could see ISIS driving along the road and still they did nothing
But it is even worse than that
The poor people of Kobane kept expecting NATO member Turkey to take some action to stop ISIS
When they realised the Turkish military were not going to do anything to stop ISIS, they grabbed their most precious possessions, carried what they could, filled their cars with as much as they could
At the Turkish border the Kurds were refused permission to take all their belongings across the border, they had to leave their cars packed with all they held dear, including their most valuable possessions
I would like to point out that Kobane was not a peasant village, it was a thriving city
The Turkish troops watched and did nothing as a few metres away, ISIS jihadists took the cars and all the Kurds possessions
As ISIS closed in on the city, the men from the city tried to return to protect their homes but the Turks refused to allow them, so they stood crying watching their city being destroyed
Turkey should had been thrown out of NATO then
Every death in Kobane I blame entirely on Turkey
The destruction of the city I blame entirely on Turkey
Thought you might like some background info as to why Turkey does NOT belong in NATO