WW3 in Syria: Turkey Caught in Self-Inflicted Problem

[kadiot]

While everyone is busy with Covid 19, no one knows that WW3 may start anytime in Syria if Turkey can't shake off his way out against a self inflicted problem. A head to head confrontation against Russia & Syria. EU & NATO will be compelled to defend it. Turkey can also invoke Article 5 of their Mutual Defense Agreement if trapped.

 

[Rive]

Turkey can also invoke Article 5 of their Mutual Defense Agreement if trapped.

That's a mutual defense agreement. No way to trigger it on basis of events outside of Turkey. So Russia & Syria will just carefully keep their distance and that's all for now.

 

[Baluncore]

WW3 could have started any time in the last 75 years. What makes Syria different?

The tragedy of Syria makes it an unregulated vacuum. It draws in the local gangs and becomes the common battleground of neighbours, and bullies who want to exercise their malevolence, testing expired explosives in weapons under battle conditions.

Turkey has taken advantage of the Syrian vacuum to continue it's long confrontation with the Kurds in the border region. The Russians are careful and so will not enter Turkish territory.

It is a truism that; “If we could have avoided the first world war we would never have had another one”.

 

[kadiot]

To make things more interesting, Turkey is already forging closer ties with Russia to the dismay of the US.

 

[phinds]

While everyone is busy with Covid 19, no one knows that WW3 may start anytime in Syria if Turkey can't shake off his way out against a self inflicted problem.

Exactly. No one know it because it's not true. You're being overly alarmist.

 

[Vanadium 50]

“If we could have avoided the first world war we would never have had another one”.

Is that like "If your parents didn't have any children, you probably won't either?"