turkey could cut off islamic state s supply lines. so why doesn t it? | david graeber /

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Western leaders could destroy Islamic State by calling on Erdoğan to conclude his attacks on Kurdish forces in Syria and Turkey and allow them to fight Isis on the groundIn the wake of the murderous attacks in Paris,we can expect western heads of state to do what they always do in such circumstances: declare total and unremitting war on those who brought it about. They don’t actually mean it. They’ve had the means to uproot and destroy Islamic State within their hands for over a year now. They’ve simply refused to originate exhaust of it. In fact, as the world watched leaders making statements of implacable ((adj.) incapable of being appeased or mitigated) resolve at the G20 summit in Antalaya, and these same leaders are hobnobbing with Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,a man whose tacit political, economic, or even military support contributed to Isis’s ability to perpetrate the atrocities in Paris,not to mention an endless stream of atrocities inside the Middle East. Related: G20 to discuss threat of Isis infiltrators among EU migrants after Paris attacks Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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