Of course Turkey doesn't want
to get involved in Syria. For the first time in a generation Ankara has moved
toward peace with the Kurds. The last thing they want to do is jump into Syria,
aid Kurdish fighters, earn the wrath of Islamists and further destabilize the
border. And that's just for a start, there are plenty of other issues at stake.
America wants them to enter the
fight. They'll fight if ISIS crosses the border, but to cross on their own is
like slitting their own throat.
Once again we can thank
Washington for this regional mess. Well done. And if they have their way, the
region will still be reaping a violent harvest thirty years from now.
The same thing has happened and
continues to happen with Pakistan. They want Islamabad to push into the Pashtun
Tribal Areas even though such an action would further destabilize their already
fragile and frankly fictitious nation.
The nation state is a fragile thing
and often doesn't really work. If you have to self-destruct to stay in
America's good graces then I'm sure many nations like Turkey and Pakistan are
forced to ask... is it worth it?
To their frustration it's like
having a gun to their head. They have little choice. Either way the outcome is
bad.
