Turkey and Syria hold first joint military exercise

The Obama administration has given Turkey the green light to participate with Syria in a join military exercise.

Now why would an allegedly important member of NATO participate in military exercises with an ally of Iran? Is this Obama's idea of reaching out. The Obama administration has also allowed Turkey to sell arms and send trainers to the Lebanese army, which has vowed to fight along side Hizbollah in the next war with Israel.DEBKA

The joint Turkish-Syrian tank and armored infantry exercise backed by air power begins across the Turkish-Syrian border Monday, April 27, and lasts three days.

DEBKAfile's military sources stress that it is the first joint military maneuver any NATO member, including Turkey, has ever carried out with Syria. It appears to have received a nod from the Obama administration and another first: Never before has an important NATO power staged a joint exercise with any Arab army.[...]

It comes only four days after another first US step: Tuesday, April 22, DEBKAfile's exclusive sources reported that the Obama administration had just approved a large Turkish arms sale to the Lebanese army assigning Turkish military instructors to train Lebanese army units (half of whose personnel are Shiites sympathetic to Hizballah.)

So sympathetic that a general of the Lebanese army vowed to fight alongside Hizbollah.