The pot is calling the kettle black methinks
Erdogan Says He Has "Confirmed Evidence" The US Supports ISIS
27
December, 2016
One
year after this website demonstrated that Turkey was cooperating with
the Islamic State, in the very least trading cash in exchange for
crude oil sold to various Turkish outposts (a trade which was
subsequently ended by the Russian air force), Turkey has flipped the
tables and on Tuesday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he
has uncovered evidence that US-led coalition forces have helped
support terrorists in Syria - including Isis.
"They
give support to terrorist groups including ISIS" Erdogan said
during a speech in Ankara on Tuesday, adding that US coalition forces
"give support to terrorist groups including Daesh, YPG, PYD.
It's very clear. We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos
and videos."
Which,
incidentally, should also not come a surprise in light of the May2015 declassified Pentagon report, which claimed that ISIS was
created as a Pentagon tool to overthrow Syria's president Assad.
Nevertheless,
the "pot calling the kettle black" comes at a sensitive
time for both the US and Turkey, which are both pivoting
aggressively, one internally from Obama to Trump, while the other is
shifting its foreign geopolitical allegiance from the US to Russia,
which may also explain today's outburst by Erdogan.
Saying
that the US have accused Turkey of supporting IS, speaking at a press
conference on Tuesday the Turkish leader blamed the US-led coalition
for assisting terrorists themselves. Apart from IS, he also mentioned
Kurdish People's Protection Units in northern Syria (YPG) and
Democratic Union Party (PYD) as groups supported by the coalition.
Earlier
on Tuesday, Moscow accused Washington of "sponsoring terrorism"
in Syria. Commenting on the latest National Defense Authorization Act
signed into law by President Barack Obama, the Russian Foreign
Ministry pointed out that the new bill "openly stipulates the
possibility" of delivering more weapons to Syria, and added that
those arms "will soon find their way to the jihadists,"
which Russia would view as a "hostile act."
Erdogan's
comments echoed those from the Iranian Defense Minister Hossein
Dehghan, who told RT that Washington appears unready to play a
serious role in fighting Islamic State, as it has fostered terrorists
itself and now wants them to remain in the Middle East.
“The
Western coalition is of a formal nature, they have no real intention
to fight neither in Syria nor in Iraq. We don’t see any readiness
on their part to play a truly useful and meaningful role in fighting
IS, because it’s them who have raised terrorists and they are
interested in keeping them there,” Dehghan said.
According
to the Iranian defense minister, Tehran has never coordinated its
operations with the Americans and “will never collaborate with
them.”
He
then slammed the US' motives behind the "war on ISIS' saying
that “maybe the coalition forces would like to see terrorists
weakened, but certainly not destroyed, because those terrorists are
their tool for destabilizing this region and some other parts of the
world.”
One
wonders how long before Putin is blamed for this latest political
scandal, because if indeed Erdogan does provide proof of US support
for the Islamic State, then the Pentagon will need a back story very
fast, and what better scapegoat than the Russian president.
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