Turkey support for Syria Takfiris to backfire: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Steven Kelley, a former CIA contractor from Los Angeles, to get his take on recent reports revealing the role of Turkey’s state intelligence agency (MIT) in delivering arms to militant-held areas in crisis-hit Syria.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: Should we be surprised about Turkey’s role in providing arms?
Kelley: No, absolutely not. I think, we knew they were doing this all along. And I think they are doing a very poor job of trying to hide their involvement.
Press TV: Indeed, and as you said, Mr. Kelley, they are doing a poor job on hiding their involvement. So, why isn’t there being any accountability on the part of the world?
Kelley: Well, I think a large part of the population is sleeping and ambivalent. And certainly, it is going to take something very serious to wake those people up. I think by and large the people involved in these things, they don’t care and they feel they aren’t touchable and they don’t certainly feel that their constituency at home is going to do anything about it. And certainly, the international community is powerless to do anything about it.
Press TV: Of course, Mr. Kelley, many people would say that Turkey should be concerned because obviously all of this is happening on its border, will there be a blowback?
Kelley: Almost certainly, Turkey is going to suffer eventually and the leadership there certainly must be aware of this. Obviously, carving up that part of the country to create Kurdistan is certainly part of the agenda. ISIS (ISIL) is certainly going to attack and cause destruction and harm to the Turkish citizens. So obviously, they are playing with fire and they certainly should be aware of this will come back and bite them eventually.
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