Quote: (10-06-2015 07:50 PM)Turkish Republican Wrote:
Putin is one of the few red pill leaders that are left in the world. I used to love the guy until the Russian planes blatantly violated our airspace. Turkey is basically the only NATO member ally of Russia, we enjoy great relations with Russia. They're going to build both of our Nuclear Reactors. A year ago Turkey flat out refused to enforce sanctions on Russia which the USA requested. Now Putin is fucking with us, for what reason may I ask? Does he want to lose his only friend in the NATO?
Russia is not doing anything to "fuck with you." That is untrue. Russia is sending a message to the Turks: stop meddling with our ally.
Turkey's problem is that it is headed by an arrogant, delusional leader who picked a fight with Asad to score points with the West. Your president, Erdogan, is the cause of the problem. He fomented a destructive, apocalyptic insurgency to try to overthrow a nationalist, independent Syria.
He listened to Israel and the Americans about how easy it was for Asad to be overthrown. He found out otherwise.
He also has vain dreams of resurrecting the old Ottoman spheres of influence in the region. It was Erodogan who stabbed Syria in the back, in order to be loved by his masters in Washington.
He's also a Sunni bigot and takes a lot of investment money from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. They are heavily, heavily invested in Turkey. He's in this up to his neck.
And I'm going to tell you something else you're not going to like.
Turkey has an identity problem. They want to be loved by the Europeans and Americans, and are willing to sell out their Arab neighbors. And you know what? No matter how much Turkey kisses ass, Europe and America will never accept them. They will use them and throw them away. Because they're Muslim and they're Asiatic.
If Turkey were smart, they would follow Iran's lead: independence comes with a high price, but you still can retain your self-respect.
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