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Gromit; // Turkey are a NATO ally who are helping in the fight against IS. //
Turkey is doing very little to combat IS, because they are, like them, Sunnis.
Their main military activity is trying to destroy the Kurds and they have gone so far as to say anyone aiding them (the UK) will be liable for attack too.
The reason that people like Merkel and Obama are soft-pedalling on Turkey, is that the Americans have stupidly installed atomic weapons on Turkish soil.
There's nothing "crackpot" about Gatestone, but of course, anything but left-wing cant is anathema to you.