You ' re trying to justify the killing of children . <| sep |> as far as putin is concerned the cold war never ended . i think he was always very clear of this and that the fall of the ussr was the biggest mistake of the 20 th century . cold war just paused when russia was bankrupt and the west halted investments into their armies . <| sep |> As i said Turkey under Erdoan is spreading sectarian propaganda becauseWhich is why Turkey is at fault . He ' s the president and the one in charge . Sectarianism works on dumb and stupid people but it ' s a double edged sword . Once you make it ok then you take the slippery road to dehumanising Shias and groups that want to wipe them out gain support . That is why Turkey is associated with AlQaeda and ISIS while Iran is seen as fighting to protect everybody regardless of their faith . Asaad is ready to forgive because he wants to regain sunnis support and it is better than fighting them . You can call them traitors but punishing their famlies and villiages are not ok if you are ruling a countryStalin called us traitor ! and send us to central asia but it only caused more problems . Assad doesn ' t need to have Sunni support . He already does . The only time he had a problem was in 2011 and the beginning of 2011 . Back then everyone knew that State tv lied but they still trusted AlJazeera and Turkey was looked up to . Now people have seen what their idea of Sunni Islam is . That is why Aleppo the biggest Sunni city in Syria has fought tooth and nail against the rebels even when they were surrounded , besieged , starving and losing half the city . The amnesty is about ending the war in Western Syria as quickly as possible to free up manpower and have a larger force for Idlib and to make sure the PKK doesn ' t take too much territory . It ' s mistaken . These people believe that nonSunnis and any Sunni who doesn ' t agree with them especially secular ones deserve to be murdered . They haven ' t seen the error of their ways . They are just unable to murder people . Stalin hated Turkey because like all rulers in Moscow he wanted the straits . Just like all previous Russian rulers he wanted a loyal population . If He succeeded in the ' 50 s Anatolia would be full of Orthodox Christians . Ok but it is to harsh to say Turkey destroyed them . Turkey played a part in Syria but most of those wouldn ' t be there without Gukd countries and Nato . Some came from all over the world some were there and Nato gave them weapons . Because none of it would have happened without Turkey . Turkey ' s hand was the biggest it shares the largest borders . It ' s armed forces have done the most training . It wasn ' t even something they were forced into as you admit . Erdogan did it willingly unlike Jordan or Lebanon that had to be bullied . You are right about Iran but replace Turkey with Gulf countries and Nato . NATO countries aren ' t sectarian . They are just like Iran . Very pragmatic . That is why they are allied with Gulf Arabs even though half of them really hate Muslims and would never allow Turkey to enter the EU . Turkey though is very sectarian except for Azerbaijan . With them it ' s about Turkic identity . They allied with Egypt and the Gulf against Assad because of sectarianism . However they were shocked and upset when Morsi was kicked out and hundreds of MB were slaughtered . They didn ' t expect that from Sunnis . The only country that agreed with Turkey was Iran who hates and condemns all military coups . What did Erdogan do when Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen ? Saw that one side had Shias in it and the other didn ' t and started to shout sectarian statements . Very shortly before he had to go to Iran to sign a trade deal . That is idiocy . If Turkey ever gets a proper government they would realise they have more in common with Iran then Gulf Arabs . The historic wealth of Anatolia come through trade with China that went through Iran . Now that the Chinese are building a silk road Iran is a big block that connects both east and west . Sectarianism is a big stumbling block to making Turkey part of this and reviving SE and Eastern Anatolia .