Let's be honest, you helped "fight the Russians" in Syria because you have a shared interest in wiping out the "kurdish terrorists". The moment Trump gave you a chance, you took it and nothing more happened.
In Azerbaijan of course France will side with Russia against Turkey and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan invaded the the area with specific intent of wiping out the Armenian population in the area. Literally shooting ballistic missiles at civilian settlements. Do you HONESTLY expect France, a member of the European Union, to support a literal genocide effort?
There is a difference between being cowardly, and trying to maintain peace. The EU is filled with countries that have had their fill for war, some of the most destructive wars in human history, including World War 2. They are tired of war. But don't mistake trying to keep the peace as cowardice. If Russia were to hypothetically go nuts and invade, ALL EU member states will go fight alongside NATO. We just don't want unnecessary wars wasting our time and money. Unlike Turkey apparently.
Is Turkey powerful? Yeah. But is it acting like a power for good right now? From the EU perspective, not at all.
Your post is purely one sided view. Turkey launched its operations in Northern Syria because of imminent danger for terrorist attacks by the YPG. Before the Turkish Armed Forces launched the operations there were deadly rocket attacks and tunnel networks from Northern Syria were used in transfer of manpower and logistics to PKK when in 2015/2016 PKK started its operations in the cities.
In the case of Azerbaijan it just recaptured its lands from an occupier. According to UNSC resolutions Armenia had to pull back its forces long ago but instead they just stayed there and started settling mainland Armenians in Karabakh. In a country of near 10 million in Azerbaijan 1 million and 200.000 people are refugees who were living in Karabakh pre-occupation. Ballistic missiles were fired on militarily important targets like bridges and police HQs. We saw very clearly the damage Armenian ballistic missiles done in the city of Ganja and saw footage of Scud and Iskender missiles fired towards Azerbaijan. Footages from both sides pointed atrocities on the ground committed by soldiers. Azerbaijan launched investigation for war crimes committed by its soldiers. Did the Armenian side launched such? I can show you tens of videos of Armenian soldier's atrocities if you have the gut to watch.
All of the military interventions Turkey launched were needed and the problem in you people living in the West is that you care only about your security concerns without thinking about other countries. Mazlum Abdi of YPG is a PKK terrorist. YPG is clearly the Syrian wing of PKK even certain US officials said so. Instead of cooperating with its NATO ally the US instead cooperated with a terrorist organization which spilled blood of Turkish security personnel and civilians with US supplied arms in 2015/2016 on Turkish territory.
So? Does that mean Kurds that live outside of Turkey deserve to be massacred wholesale like the guy I replied to said?
Why am I not on those threads? Simple, I'm from Indonesia and I live in Germany. So I have no interest of going to those threads. I go to the US thread because I see it as something that is important and of interest for me because like it or not, the US affects the lives of people on every country.
The reply of that guy is not the popular opinion of Turks. Another big mistake that you people living in the West are doing is the lack of understanding of the whole Turkish-Kurdish situation and also the lack of understanding that PKK is not representing the Kurds just as ISIS is not representing the Muslims. In the Turkish security forces there are many Kurds on active duty fighting PKK. Turkey also have many politicians including ministers and other important posts occupied by Kurds. The military operations of the Turkish Armed Forces are not aimed at the Kurds but at terrorist organizations which doesn't have any ethnicity or religion. Turks and Kurds are brothers and everybody that tries to stand between our brotherhood will face consequences whatever its name or location.
Probably check your sources:
In Germany, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been subject to a ban imposed on its activities since 1993. It has about 14,500 adherents. The organisation aims at gaining more political and cultural autonomy for the Kurdish people in their countries of origin, particularly in Turkey.
www.verfassungsschutz.de
The German Interior Ministry said earnings from the two publishing houses went solely to the Kurdish Workers' Party. The group is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey and the EU and is banned in Germany.
www.dw.com
PKK is heavily monitored in Germany by the german intelligence service. Officially they are banned in Germany. They adherents are free to do peaceful stuff, just like turks are free to do peaceful stuff in Germany. Doesn't mean the are free to do whatever they want. Germany just doesn't imprison people left and right just because they
might be affiliated with PKK or any other banned organizations. Don't spread lies, thanks.
This is absolutely non-effective approach at combating terrorism. I am suggesting you reading the annual reports of EUROPOL regarding PKK terrorist organization's activities including organized crime networks and see that the countries in EU are with tied hands behind their back. They can't do nothing or don't want to do nothing about the eradication of these networks which also are responsible for recruiting of mountain cadres to fight in Northern Iraq.
So, does it make it right to shoot at civilian settlements?
The mayor of
Baku,
Hajibala Abutalybov during at a meeting with a municipal delegation from Bavaria, Germany literally said: "Our goal is the complete elimination of Armenians. You, Nazis, already eliminated the Jews in the 1930s and 40s, right? You should be able to understand us." He then became deputy prime minister of
Azerbaijan from 2018 to October 2019. You still saying they don't want to genocide the Armenians, at the very least in the region?
en.wikipedia.org
Uhuh... You let them live as long as they bow to you.
I will respond to these accusations with the words of the ex-President of Armenia Serj Sarkisyan revealed by Thomas de Waal in one of his works as prominent expert on the Nagorno Karabakh issue: "Before Khojaly, Azerbaijanis thought we were joking, they thought that Armenians would not raise their hands against the civilian population. We managed to break this and that's the thing. At the same time, we must understand that among those young men there were also those who fled from Baku and Sumgait."
In the Khojaly massacre 613 Azerbaijanis were massacred according to Azerbaijani sources including men, women and children when their "humanitarian corridor" which they had to use for evacuation was cut off by Armenian military and para-military organizations.
Should we conclude that this is the Armenian State policy?
