The United States military is going to pull their missile defense system out of Turkey by December. The patriot missiles are being brought back to the U.S. for some mechanical upgrades. However, some believe this massive pull of missile defense systems is a retaliation for unannounced Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish separatists on northern Iraq. These airstrikes were dangerously close to US special forces located in the area. While Turkey is listed as an anti-ISIS nation, they have yet to strike them directly. They seem to be more occupied with trying to diminish the PKK.
The PKK is a Kurdish separatist movement with Marxist ideologies. They are viewed as terrorist organization but are affiliated with some Syrian Kurd's. The US State Dep. views the Syrian Kurd's as an effective ground fighting force against ISIS and have provided plenty of detailed information on ISIS to the US military.
With the unannounced airstrike by the Turks, it has put the U.S. in a spot to collaborate with those groups the Turks may not see eye to eye with. With the eradication of ISIS being the United States number one goal in the middle east, the US should go to the Kurd's even more. Especially considering the Turks have done little with the fight against ISIS.
David Conolly
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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/16/us-pulling-patriot-missiles-from-turkey/?intcmp=hpbt1
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