News:

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who evaluated the agenda topics on a special TRT (Turkish Radio and TV association) broadcast, commented the removal of DAIS/ISIS from Kobane with the help of the coalition forces and the Peshmerga. Reminding Erdogan of the criticisms Turkey received over the celebrations and halay dances in Turkey after clearing Kobane from DAIS/ISIS, Erdogan explained that Turkey in contrary had to pay a high price and added, Well, this terror organisation DAIS has retreated from there. But look, what about all these people? It is not enough that DAIS retreats from there. Where are those who bombed Kobane? Who will re-construct this place? How many times have I told them, that this problem is not going to be solved by air bombing. Definitely there had to be a ground offensive. This air operation came to nought. We strictly do not accept an operation solely against DAIS. (Source)

Comment:

Throughout the whole Syrian uprising since 2011, the Turkish State did not part from the USA's tail, who struggled to prevent this Islamic uprising from culminating in a success. The USA conducted all of its policies of prolonging the Syrian regime's life and of buying over Islamic revolutionaries over Turkey. Establishing the Syrian National Council as well as the Syrian National Coalition and creating a moderate opposition in Syria was clearly supported by Turkey. As this policy of the US, conducted over Turkey, did not bring the results the US wanted to achieve, due to the clumsiness of then Prime Minister Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the USA started to lead its Syrian politics with Iran and Russia in addidtion to Turkey.

The coalition forces which included Turkey have havocked Kobane by both the air strikes and the support of the Northern Iraq Peshmerga Forces. During the whole of this process, Turkey insisted that the US air strikes would not be enough, but that there should also be initiated a ground operation. Now Turkish President Erdogan asks, by whom these completely devastated cities could be re-constructed.

Is this word of Erdogan befitting a person who pretends to act as the leader of the Muslims? Could the leader of the Muslims ever ask such a question regarding the devastation and ruin in the Muslim lands? These words can only be the words of the boss of a building society who wants to get the construction contracts for the cities destroyed by the USA and the West. As a matter of fact, Erdogan never did and still does not do anything else than the construction work in the Islamic lands which the US ravaged and invaded. In reality, when Erdogan says "Where are those who bombed Kobane? Who will re-construct this place?" he sends a message to the USA, implying that it is Turkey who is applying for the reconstruction of Kobane as well as all devastated cities throughout Syria. In other words, he is seeking to get unearned income over these cities bathed in the blood of the Muslims.

Also, when the USA invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, it was in the same way that Erdogan applied for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, and ensured the inflow of American dollars to Turkey by sending Turkish construction companies to these countries. Erdogan, whose hands became besmeared with the blood of Afghan civil Muslims and children, was delighted of contributing to the reconstruction of Kabul and other cities and bringing foreign exchange to the country. Erdogan who turned a deaf ear to the voices and calls for help of the Iraqi women whose honour was polluted, but opened his military bases for the American soldiers, plead the oppressive Maliki regime in order to reconstruct Iraq's cities and to send Turkish companies to Iraq.

And now, after the Syrian policies that Erdogan conducted by sitting on the USA's tail have failed, he is coveting at chicken feed by the USA and the West. Here we see how the President of a country that claims to be a great power, is dealing with little things. A great power is a country of leaders who think big and who bring their thoughts into action. And this country is the future Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah. And those leaders are the Khulafaa Rashideen.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Mahmut KAR