Kremlin Puzzled By Erdogan Claims on Ousting ‘Cruel Assad’
Turkey might be signaling they are going to "Take Out" Assad. This would make sense in the context of Erdogan ending democracy in preparation with war with Assad and Iran. In this context this makes sense. However, what is Russia going to do when this happens just watch? And what will Europe and the U.S. and Canada do too? This is part of what I have been seeing as this next world war seems to be beginning now just before Trump is inaugurated president. However, Actions speak louder than words so we'll just have to see how it all comes out.
However, remember Aleppo is a Pearl Harbor for All Sunni Muslims. It's just that Turkey is the closest Sunni Muslim government and might take out Assad in a Blitzkrieg soon the way this is sounding. So, by the time Russia reacts the Assad government and army could be gone. So, Syria might become part of Turkey soon. But then what is Iran going to do?
On Tuesday, however, Erdogan
risked incurring Moscow’s wrath when he announced that Turkey’s
military operation in Syria...an attempt to fight jihadist extremists
Islamic State ...
Erdogan Meets Putin To Reset RelationsThe
Kremlin has called on the Turkish government to clarify President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s claims that Turkey wishes to oust the current Syrian
government, which is backed by Russia.
Erdogan made a series of surprisingly candid statements on Tuesday
about his government’s difficulty in carrying out a military
intervention in Syria as it wished, partly due to the support received
by Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad from Russia. Moscow has been
carrying out air strikes at the behest of Assad for over a year,
however, it has recently also attempted to patch up differences related
to the conflict with Assad’s regional rival, Turkey. Try Newsweek: Subscription offers
Despite an initial rift between Russia and Turkey arising November
2015 from the downing of a Russian jet at the Syrian-Turkish border, on
Ankara’s orders, Erdogan hailed his Russian counterpart as a “friend”
after a wave of Russian sanctions prompted him to apologize.
Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have exchanged words of support since, following elections in Russia and the foiling of a coup in Turkey.
On Tuesday, however, Erdogan risked incurring Moscow’s wrath when he
announced that Turkey’s military operation in Syria, once billed as an
attempt to fight jihadist extremists Islamic State (ISIS) was actually a
bid to topple Kremlin-ally Assad.
"We are there to bring justice,” he said. “We are there to end the rule of the cruel Assad, who has been spreading state terror."
The comments took Russian officials by surprise as Putin’s spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Erdogan made a “serious claim,”
state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
“It is a claim which is wholly in discord with previous ones and a
claim that is in discord with our understanding of the situation, as the
government with the sole military that is legitimately deployed in
Syria, on the basis of a request to do so by the legitimate (Syrian)
government, which is very important to remember,” Peskov said.
Peskov said it was premature to talk about the effect Erdogan’s
comments could have on Russian-Turkish relations, adding that “before
making any judgments we expect a clarification of this position.”
Mikhail Bogdanov, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, said that
Erdogan’s comments will be discussed in an upcoming visit by Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov to Turkey, later this week, state news agency Itar-Tass reported.
“It will be a good topic in order to clarify the moods and
intentions,” he said. Lavrov is expected in Turkey on Thursday, where he
will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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