Syria war:

[HONDO74]

Syria war: 22 Turkish troops killed in airstrike in Idlib
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51667717

When Trump pulled back in Syria I thought Pelosi was going to have heart attack with her criticizem that we were abandoning the Kurds. If it had not been for the US Turkey and Iraq would have exterminated the Kurds long ago. The Kurds now occupy a large part of Syria and they have hooked up with Syria and the Russians.

So now Turkey and the syrians/Russian are having at it.

Turkey not only funded the rebels they also funded ISIS to over throw Assad.

Now France, and Germany want a meeting with Russia and turkey since Turkey is a NATO country.

This is why we need to get the heck out of the middle east. It's a lost cause and we will never bring democracy to those countries. They will always be controlled by their religion.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...we need to get the heck out of the middle east. It's a lost cause and we will never bring democracy to those countries. They will always be controlled by their religion.

Absolutely. True since Abraham's two sons went at it. We won't change a thing. Ever.

[HONDO74]

Turkey Will Allow Up to One Million Syrian Refugees to Breach Its Borders to Reach Europe
https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-allow-one ... 31894.html

Greece pushes back migrants on Turkish border 'onslaught'
https://news.yahoo.com/greek-police-fir ... 41783.html

KASTANIES, Greece (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of migrants gathered on its border with Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Union's doorstep.

Greece, which has tense relations with its neighbor Turkey at the best of times and was a primary gateway for hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016, described the situation an "onslaught" and said it would keep migrants out.

"Greece yesterday faced an organized, mass and illegal attempt to violate its borders and it withstood this attempt," government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters.

"The government will do whatever it takes to protect its borders," adding that police at the borders would be reinforced.

Ankara said on Thursday it will no longer contain hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers after an air strike on war-ravaged Idlib in Syria killed 33 Turkish soldiers.

[healey36]

Pretty hilarious, considering Erdogan and Putin proclaimed themselves best-buddies less than a year ago. Erdogan is a corrupt jack@ss of the first order, playing this whole thing for whatever he can get. Now he's back asking the U. S. for military equipment, this after thumbing his nose at the U. S. and buying Russian anti-aircraft/missile equipment six months back.

[HONDO74]

After an airstrike ordered by the Syrian government killed at least 33 Turkish troops in Syria’s Idlib province Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is renewing calls for U.S. and NATO military assistance.

Erdogan has a problem. Turkey invaded Syria. Nato and the US can't come to his aid per article 5 of Nato. Only if Syria and Russia invade Turkey.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Pretty hilarious, considering Erdogan and Putin proclaimed themselves best-buddies less than a year ago. Erdogan is a corrupt jack@ss of the first order, playing this whole thing for whatever he can get. Now he's back asking the U. S. for military equipment, this after thumbing his nose at the U. S. and buying Russian anti-aircraft/missile equipment six months back.

All too true,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

When I see News footage or specials about what has been befalling the people over there, my heart is the most affected when they show us the condition of the children, with barren land and destruction all around them, rubble as "homes", and not a toy in sight, and apparently very little to eat, which will, in the long-run, affect their health and the development of their brains.

Honestly, I wish I could somehow swoop in there and hand out some toys to them; then, swoosh back out, and get ready to return another day for the distribution of more toys, and maybe a candy bar or two.
Murph

[HONDO74]

Turkey downs 2 Syrian warplanes as tensions soar, officials say

I think I see some irony here. Russia sold their missiles to Turkey and now Russian warplanes are being shot down by their own missiles.

Now if Erdogan would withdraw his invading forces and take the insurgents that he and Obama supported with him just maybe the Syrians and their children could live more of a normal life.

We also need to get Trump to remove ALL of our military from Syria and Iraq. Looks like we may be getting out of Afghanistan.

[HONDO74]

Drones are dropping bombs on US troops in Syria, and it's not clear who's doing it
https://news.yahoo.com/drones-dropping- ... 56969.html

Bowman said Army investigators had told him that some of the mortars "were made with 3D printers, which means that obviously someone pretty sophisticated put together these mortars, perhaps a nation-state."

Imagine 3-D printers controlled by a computer to produce drones and explosives. Have the computer pick the targets from a satellite surveillance system. Pre-program the drones flight so they can't be jammed. Have a little army of drones collecting materials to supply the 3-d printers. Presto! Skynet. No human interaction needed.Aerial IED's, great

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Far out, man.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Drones are dropping bombs on US troops in Syria, and it's not clear who's doing it
https://news.yahoo.com/drones-dropping- ... 56969.html

Bowman said Army investigators had told him that some of the mortars "were made with 3D printers, which means that obviously someone pretty sophisticated put together these mortars, perhaps a nation-state."

Takes a bit of sophistication, but maybe not all that much so given that the code for making hand guns is old news. Unless these are printed metal, then that takes a bit more.......

Imagine 3-D printers controlled by a computer to produce drones and explosives. Have the computer pick the targets from a satellite surveillance system. Pre-program the drones flight so they can't be jammed. Have a little army of drones collecting materials to supply the 3-d printers. Presto! Skynet. No human interaction needed.Aerial IED's, great

Funny. Just read a book about just such a thing by Daniel Suarez - fully autonomous drones - "Kill Decision"

Printing explosives is one thing I'm not too sure about - printing process might not be compatible with those materials.