(Jerusalem Post) Lior Akerman - Over the years, Turkey has supported and assisted ISIS. ISIS members have crossed over Turkey's borders, smuggled weapons, and Turkey has purchased oil from wells controlled by ISIS. Pressure from NATO forced Turkey to switch its allegiance against its will, to cease purchasing oil from and smuggling arms to ISIS, and to allow troops from Western countries to use its border as a base from which they could launch attacks against ISIS. But ISIS fighters still seem to be getting across the border pretty easily and using Turkey as a home base. Turkey is currently paying the price for cooperating with ISIS and allowing freedom of movement for ISIS fighters. ISIS has no problem sending a few fighters to carry out an attack in a busy city in a neighboring country, since they come across no resistance at border crossings. The writer served as a division head in the Israel Security Agency.
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