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View Full Version : Turkey willing to put troops in Syria 'if others do their part,' Prime Minister says



Gunny
10-07-2014, 10:31 AM
CNN) -- Turkey would be willing to put its troops on the ground in Syria "if others dos their part," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Monday.
"We are ready to do everything if there is a clear strategy that after ISIS, we can be sure that our border will be protected. We don't want the regime anymore on our border pushing people against -- towards Turkey. We don't want other terrorist organizations to be active there."



http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/06/world/meast/amanpour-davutoglu-interview/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

This ought to get interesting if Turkey actually does engage on the ground. Wonder how that Turk - Kurd marriage is going to work.