It’s Turkey Day. And that means it’s time for my annual Turkey Day thread. We have a lot of things to be grateful for here in America. But our alliance with Turkey is not among them....
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Then there’s question of Turkey’s support for jihadi networks operating in Syria. Reports suggest that there has been some improvement in recent years. But no NATO ally should do this in the first place. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/defenddemocracy/uploads/documents/Islamic_State_Networks_Turkey.pdf …
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And before you tell me that we need Turkey to counter Russia, here’s Turkey locking in a contract for Russia’s anti-aircraft system.https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/09/06/turkey-begins-constructing-site-for-russian-missile-system.html …
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Recently, Turkey has been cast as the protagonist in the Khashoggi affair. Of course, Turkey shared evidence of the Saudi journalist’s murder. But let’s not pretend Ankara is the hero here. They are the most prolific jailers of journalists in the world.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pri.org/stories/2017-06-28/turkey-jails-more-journalists-any-other-nation-those-detention-are-all-terrorists%3famp …
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I could go on. But I have an actual Turkey to baste. Bottom line: let’s dispense with the notion that Turkey is an indispensable US ally. It’s a deeply, deeply problematic one. Maybe not an ally at all. That’s all for my Turkey Day rant. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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Turkey government turned out to hypocrites and devious. They are in bed with only Russia
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Khamenei is not less evil then Ibn Saud’s family as well as turkey’s leaders!
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I will love to see how Turkey's Russian air defense system integrates with
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