Don't be silly and keep cool. The truth is, from the point of view of Turkey, the geostrategic goals of Turkey are collapsing. Turkey has been booted out of Syria and now it is being booted out of Iraq. In short, Turkey is losing all its influence south of its border, and in north you have Russia which Turkey managed to turn it from a strategic partner to an enemy. Turkey's new mission as dictated by America is go absorb as many refugees as it can and hold on to them for decades and possibly forever by naturalizing them as citizens of Turkey.
The Turkish dream of building an empire has come to an end. And no one, not Iraqis, not Syrians, not Russians and not Americans believe that you can be part of a serious coalition against Isis. Since all believe it is Turkey that has been supporting Isis. Iraqi government officially has been saying this, forget about Russians and others. As for Kurds, you can have all the tactical relations with them. But at the end of the day, the strategic goal of Kurds is very much different that of Turkey. Kurds in north Iraq or in Syria do not want a stronger Turkey. If you think they do, then you don't know what you are talking about.
Tactical alliances with Kurds are just that. It is what strategy dictates that will shape the future. Unfortunately for Turkey, due to short-sighted policies of Erdogan, Turkey has gone from being one of the most influential nations in the region to the most irrelevant, so much so that even Arab League is condemning it. Actually kind of like ridiculing it. Saudi Arabia "includes" Turkey in its "Sunni Alliance" and then the next week, condemns Turkey as part of Arab League. This is what Turkey has come to. A pat in the back and a slap in the face by its Arab "allies".
Hey, I was talking about the famous Iranian celebrity in Iraq. Why did you think it would be a good idea to share your silly prophecies and wet dreams which are the reflections of your indoctrinated hatred and jealousy towards Turkey?
Turkey has more than 1100km land border with Syria and Iraq, both of whom are war torn countries while their neighbor, Turkey, happen to possess the second largest construction industry in the World. Who do you think is gonna rebuild the cities and the infrastructure in Syria and Iraq? Who do you think is going to dominate their markets once and when they get back on their feet? What can Iran offer to them other than pulling them into the secterian swamp of isolation once they start to rebuild their economy? Iran can only muster some influence from Shias in those countries with its medieval secterian agenda which hasn't bring anything but misery for both Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Given the fact that it is absolutely impossible for Assad to control Syria anymore in its current internationaly accepted borders, and given Turkey's relationship with KRG along with Iraq's and Syria's economic and technological needs, it is beyond ridiculous to even have wet dreams about leaving Turkey out of the game in Iraq and Syria. It is nothing but the most delusional kind of wishful thinking.
Turkey managed to turn Russia into enemy? Last time I checked, it was Russia who were undermining the operations of Turkey in its backyard despite Turkey's countless protests. Russia asked for it, and Turkey obliged.
Turkey's NEW mission? I wonder who gave such a clueless dude like yourself the title of Think Tank? Since the very beginning of this mess in 2011 Turkey has been hosting MILLIONS of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, spending BILLIONS of dollars on them out of nothing but good will while Iran has been doing absolutely NOTHING other than contributing to the numbers of displaced Syrians and Iraqis by doing things like deploying its celebrity with emotional glances to lead the Shia peasantry.
Without troops on the ground ISIS cannot be defeated, and without Turkey, the troops cannot be on the ground. You see, it is beyond me how can you say something like Turkey can't be a part of the colation against ISIS...
I don't see how Turkey being at odds with one of the worst murderous psychopaths in World's history and Iraq's puppet regime makes it an "irrelevant" country. I mean let alone a Think Tank, even the most delusional fanboys and haters would think twice before saying such a thing.
Turkey has been enjoying billions of dollars worth annual investment by those Arab countries for the past couple of years. That's what really matters especially since their League carries little weight. Then again, I admit we should have seen this reaction from the Iraq's ungrateful puppet regime coming before deploying the reinforcements. Needless to say, Turkish forces will remain in Iraq and Turkish airforces will continue conducting operations in Iraq whenever they deem it necessary like how it has been for over a decade.
