Turkey using so-called war on Daesh to target Kurds: Commentator
Press TV has interviewed William Jones, with the Executive Intelligence Review from Leesburg, on Turkish authorities’ stance on the Daesh Takfiri terrorists after a deadly bombing in Istanbul on January 5.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: After this recent attack on January the fifth, do you think Turkey is going to reassess its role, when it comes to Syria and of course the allegations that it has been dealing with Daesh Takfiri militants?
Jones: Obviously, the attack showed that Daesh is a threat to Turkey and this was never in question.
The issue however is will Turkey see this as the main threat against them or will they continue to play this double game in which they use the so-called war against Daesh to go against the Kurds?
My impression is that is still not off the table that they still regard the Kurdish presence and the Kurdish operations as their main target.
They will undoubtedly do something against Daesh, because it is a threat to them as well, but they’re not going to put all their cards on one party and they’re going to continue a campaign against the Kurds as they have been doing up until now for the last few months.
Press TV: Well, what does that mean for the stability and security of Turkey, they wanted to put these efforts more towards the Kurdish population? We do know civilians have been targets as well instead of focusing on the main terrorist group that is right at Turkey’s doorstep?
Jones: Well, that of course divides their efforts. If there were concentrated effort on dealing with Daesh, we would have much more success.
But you’ve got all of these parties who are involved in the so-called war on terror, including Turkey, not to mention Saudi Arabia, which also is threatened by Daesh but still pursues its Wahhabist campaign in order to create the basis for more terrorism.
As long as that’s the case, it’s going to be a divided fight against an enemy that is proven itself to be rather successful.
And I think the only thing that that can be done if efforts were put on from the international side, including the United States, [is] to bring everybody on board with the unified trust which did not include going against the Syrian government which also is a party in the fight against Daesh; then, we could have success.
But if you are going to have these multiple agendas, which the various countries are using, your forces are going to be very much divided and thereby weakened.
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