October 14, 2014 | Quote
Turkey, the Pretender
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When civil war broke out in 2011, Mr. Erdogan aided the Islamic State and al-Qaida because he expected Assad to fall, said Jonathan Schanzer, who analyzed terrorist finances for the Treasury Department. When Assad didn’t, Mr. Erdogan “doubled down; let in nastier and nastier guys.”
“This wasn’t a policy by design,” Mr. Schanzer said. “It was a policy of errors.”
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