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America's Pro-ISIS Ally

<p>Although the Kurds of Northern Syria have been the most reliable&comma; effective fighting force against ISIS in the region&comma; the Turkish Government has warned the United States to not aid the Kurds in any ISIS territory too close to the Turkish border&period; &ldquo&semi;No one can act in their own interest just because they are fighting ISIL &&num;8230&semi; The demographic structure of the region cannot be changed through a fait accompli&comma;&rdquo&semi; states one section of the document leaked to Turkey&rsquo&semi;s H&uuml&semi;rriyetnewspaper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into ISIS controlled areas of Syria&comma; continuing to build momentum after seizing a border crossing from the terrorist group last week&period; In response to the success against ISIS&comma; Turkish government spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc accused the Kurds of engaging in &ldquo&semi;ethnic cleansing&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Turkey&rsquo&semi;s refusal to fight ISIS &ndash&semi; or even allow other countries to fight ISIS &ndash&semi; reveals Turkey&rsquo&semi;s true intention&period; As Vice President Biden said&comma; &ldquo&semi;Our allies in the region were our largest problem in Syria&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&comma; explaining that Turkey&comma; Saudi Arabia and the UAE were &ldquo&semi;so determined to take down Assad&comma;&rdquo&semi; that in a sense they started a &ldquo&semi;proxy Sunni-Shia war&rdquo&semi; by pouring &ldquo&semi;hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of tons of weapons&rdquo&semi; towards anyone who would fight against Assad&period; &nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;And we could not convince our colleagues to stop supplying them&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kurdish officials also question Turkey&rsquo&semi;s motives for staying passive&period; &ldquo&semi;Turkey should thank us for what we have done against IS &&num;8211&semi; if it is not supporting this terrorist group&comma;&rdquo&semi; said one Kurdish PYD official&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the Middle East continues to be torn apart by sectarian civil war&comma; America needs to take a look at the countries we call allies&period; Turkey has been accused of assisting ISIS medically&comma; militarily and financially&comma; and their recent attempt to stop the only fighting group actively attacking ISIS certainly doesn&rsquo&semi;t help their case&period; Given these actions&comma; why would anyone listen to Turkey&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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