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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo F-35 sales to Turkey if Turkey attacks the Kurds
Zero
Zip
Nada.
Putin has his claws into Erdogan with the S-400 missile sale - an invasion of Syria to eliminate the Kurds only serves Putin's interests in Syria.
Trump's pull-out of US troops sends a LOUD and unmistakable signal to the rest of our allies that the US cannot be trusted - which again serves Putin.
and unleashes ISIS on the West - which would only serve Putin's interests.
Fuck. Them. All.
Impeach the motherfucker Trump
Yup
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Turkey is getting ready to flip into the Sino-Russian sphere of influence.
Expect a bid for SCO membership soon.
jpak
(41,758 posts)Turkey will kick us out of Incirlik Air Base - which has been a thorn in Russia's side since Khrushchev.
Impeach
Bettie
(16,120 posts)NATO. If Putin runs Turkey through a puppet/collaborator, he gets to screw with that further, weakening the EU to ensure that he can do as he pleases.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)onecaliberal
(32,884 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)oil reserves are waiting in Syria for some lucky Oligarch. That's another interest.
A belated birthday gift from Trumpitup?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)It is about the The Turkish Dictator's son running a Black market Crude oil Theft Ring.
Have not heard a peep from England or France whom has several hundred Military people with the American Forces.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)that occurred prior to this as a lead in concerning Russia's stance and Turkey. I just typed a few words in on Google and checked the recent news. I'm too tired to go into it, but maybe I will post them at some point. It fits though.
Yes, it is rather quite. Strange. I expected an uproar.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)drive to expand his Sphere of old time Soviet influence in Syria,Turkey,and Iraq like days of old.
Tomorrow Eourpe should be screaming.
Wounded Bear
(58,691 posts)albacore
(2,405 posts)At the very least, they need a lot of specialized care, so giving a dicey plane to Turkey might actually slow them down a little.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)I'm not sure the F35 is worth buying. The whole thing probably works out to Putin's benefit. He'll get to sell them MIG.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)since we don't want the F35 and a S400 owned by the same country.
jpak
(41,758 posts)are still being trained.