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As the Islamic State Rolls North, Turkey Reconsiders Military Action

(Ha'aretz) Ilene Prusher - Turkey shares a long border with Syria. Given the horrors that the Islamic State has perpetrated against almost everyone in its path - and the myriad ways in which Turkey itself is threatened by the fighting and taxed by the influx of refugees - it's become increasingly hard for Turkey to justify opting out of the international assault on the Islamic State. Though the Islamic State does not present an existential threat to Turkey, it can further destabilize the border, harm Turkish citizens and soldiers, and make Erdogan look like the Chamberlain of the Middle East. Thankfully, when he looks southeast and sees the march of the black and white flag, Erdogan knows that this is not the more brotherly Islamic neighborhood he had in mind.
2014-10-03 00:00:00
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