Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It

Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by zapfranklin on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:39AM (#16212450)

I don't disagree, but they certainly won't support the kurds' efforts against a NATO member.

Don't misunderstand that I think this is a) a good idea, or b) ultimately going to work out the way Turkey wants it to work out.

I don't think the kurds will choose to live and die by Afrin.

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by ptaipale on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:19AM (#16212662)

Yes, NATO as an organisation will hardly support Kurds either, but I can see that individual NATO members as well as other countries will start giving more and more moral and possibly economical support.

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by BatFastard on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:50PM (#16216208)

What the Kurds would need is surface to air missile, so they don't get slaughter from the air.

Is it even "likely" that you can shoot down a jet with an manually operated anti aircraft gun? Sure it's "possible"

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by ptaipale on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:24AM (#16220996)

Not likely at all unless you have masses of them (which the Kurds don't have), though they may successfully harass attackers and reduce their bombing accuracy.

Does Turkey have guided bombs? And will they be re-supplied so that Turkish air force could use them at will?

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