Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan agree Syria ceasefire" video.

It is interesting that Assad was not invited to this meeting. It would seem that Syria has become a Russian territory, with its carcass being fought over and torn apart by Turkish and Russia vultures.
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This seems a strange definition of peace.
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@not today the Turks have been shown to be duplicitous and without honour, but then so have the Americans. Come to think of it, the same can be said of all those external powers who have been involved in this war.
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@not today that is not exactly what I said. I think it is more complicated than you imply. The politics is far too opaque to discover the motives of all those involved. No doubt self interest plays a big part. In the begining it appeared to be simple, a people fed up with the oppression of the dictator Assad, rising up to demand change and democracy. This was easy for the west to support, without getting involved. Then Isis became involved with the opposition movement, making it difficult for the west to choose sides. The choice being between supporting a dictatorship or a terrorist organisation. Understanding the motives of the US and Russia is difficult. The US had a problem supporting the opposition, with ISIS involved. The enemy of my enemy may not be my friend. Russia was just looking to expand its influence, something it could justify as a fight against ISIS. The Turks were doing the same, which they justified by a fight against the Kurds. This proved unfortunate, as the Kurds were fighting against ISIS,putting the Turks on the side of ISIS and therefore in conflict with Russian goals. The Kurds were just looking to annexe part of Syria to provide a century from Turkish attack. All this with Syrians fighting for freedom from Assad's control. Then there were just the captive victim Syrian population, who just wanted peace and the freedom to live their lives. I do not know how accurate the above short simplistic analysis really is, it is just what can be assembled from western media reports. The actions of the Turkish government appears to be dishonest and duplicitous. The Kurds appear to have been mostly honerable and brave, but they were betrayed by the US. The captive Syrian population are the true victims. They did nothing wrong and are being punished. They are the only true asylum seekers.
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@not today they are not so keen in supporting organisations that attack the US home land, but I agree that the US makes very poor choices of friends, particularly when they are so incompatible with American expressed ideals for freedom and democracy. It is hypocrisy that results from financial expediency. Profits before idealism .
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not today i don't think Israel needs new bases to destroy Iran if it wanted too.
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@zein151 I wonder if Assad is under house arrest? He is certainly no longer in control. If he ever appears again, it will be as a Russia puppet. The migrants streaming out of the country are like the life blood of this dying animal.
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@not today I don't think Assad is going to be talking to anybody, he appeared to have lost control when he invited Putin in to help him remain in power. It is Putin who is in control of Syria. I suspect that Syrian troops are under the control of Russia, but provide a convenient way for Russia to deny some of its military actions. ( As in, " I didn't do it, it was the Syrians").
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@not today I don't think Turkey speaks for NATO. More like Turkey is using NATO as a shield to stop Russia attacking it directly. I must admit I forgot the involvement of Iran and Israel. Wherever Iran becomes involved Israel will always take the opposite position. It is a real mess, where the Syrian people have largely become irrelevant, no more than the subject of Collateral Damage. All this to keep one man in power.
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