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    Al Jazeera's take... Archived Message

    Posted by David Macilwain on March 6, 2020, 6:59 am, in reply to "Moon of Alabama take..."

    AJ, which has gone Full Erdy over the last year or more, managed to somehow present this as concessions made to Turkey by Putin, without ever mentioning the jihadis but instead putting all the emphasis on how it would allow "displaced Syrians" to return to their homes.

    But our media never seemed to understand the most basic conditions of the 2018 deescalation zone - 15km wide band from which both sides had to withdraw forces and munitions. Turkey's lot never did, and instead used the zone to launch attacks into Syria. Even now they keep restating this preposterous and dangerous lie.

    Putin as usual was very skilled in his manipulation of the vain psychotic Emperor, first offering his sympathies for the 35 dead Turkish soldiers. I wonder if we'll now see the UN loony humanitarian crisis dribble away into cross border skirmishes with Greece...

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