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Guys, i will try to explain the situation Turkey is in.
Let's simulate what will happen if we put in motion the "US approach".
I will tell you what will happen when we hit ISIS positons with our artillery.
First thing that will happen is; ISIS will hit Suleiman Shah's tomb (sovereign land of Turkey, protected by 39 Turkish soldiers) which is in deep within ISIS territory.
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Next thing will be they will fire upon Turkish Town Akçakale from ISIS controlled town akçakale. The distance between the two town is roughly 300 meters.
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Another thing they will definetly try is to cross the border and do suicide bombings in Turkish towns. We share a long border with ISIS and it's not possible to control every inch of the border. If we could there would be no smugglers in southern east Turkey.
So, after this Turkey would retaliate and engage a ground incursion. At this point ISIS will simply retreat to bigger cities like Raqqa and Deir ez Zor. They would use IEDs, snipers, ambushes over advancing Turkish army. When Turkish army arrives at the cities... it would be street to street fight. You can't simply bomb the cities full of civilians.
So, let's say we cleansed ISIS from Syria. (Not added Assad into equation...) That would cost us many soldiers life, many Turkish civilians life, many resources wasted.
Guys, it's not like ISIS is sitting in front of our barrel and when we take the shot they will dissappear. It will cost us dearly which nobody in Turkey will support such a ground incursion.
And for what ??? We will do this for what ?? What will Erdoğan say to our people.... "ISIS might have attacked us so we attacked them first ?" Or "We brought democracy to Syrian people ?"
Not happening bros, not happening.