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August 29, 2016

Turkey’s Sham Intervention in Syria

It wants to crush the Kurds, not Islamic State.

Last week, Turkey sent substantial ground forces into Syria, ostensibly with the aim of doing battle against Islamic State (IS)—thus earning praise from Joseph Biden, who also made a point of calling for Kurdish withdrawal from areas where Turkey plans to attack the terrorist group. The news, on its face, allays longstanding concerns that Istanbul has been apathetic to IS and has perhaps even helped it. In fact, writes Christopher Caldwell, President Erdogan’s goals haven’t changed—as Biden himself surely knows:

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August 29, 2016

  1. The Arab World’s Waning Sympathy for the Palestinians

    It will have an effect on Western opinion, too.

  2. Turkey’s Sham Intervention in Syria

    It wants to crush the Kurds, not Islamic State.

  3. The Far Left Chases out Jews Who Won’t Renounce Israel

    Opposing Israel for what it is, not what it does.

  4. Modern Jewish Thought Responds to Christian Critique

    From Hermann Cohen to Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

  5. Scotland and the Bar Kokhba Revolt

    A mysterious fort and a hidden connection.