CAROLINE GLICK: The U.S. Is Quietly Sidelining a Turkey in Decline

Breitbart ^ | 1-25-18 | Caroline Glick

[ExSES]

Let's hope there are 100 more, and the military takes out Erdogan.

Erdogan purged his military many years ago!

[mrsmith]

Informative BUT... "Turkey moves further and further into the Russian-Iranian camp " is nonsense. China is the key.

Iran and Trukey want to provide China a southern route that bypasses Russia. Russia doesn't want that.

Note the gap Afghanistan poses between the southern green lines. Without that gap China can ship it's goods straight to Europe and much of the mid east.
China desperately wants Yuan spent on oil to come back- to be spent on Chinese manufacture.
Note the Kurdish area is also a chokepoint.

Erd (who is a transitional leader until a Chibese puppet replaces him) proffers to subject the Kurds by force for China. That won't happen.

Turkey is lost to China, though a wise leader would position it between the West and the East, that's not happening.

[Texas Fossil]

It is not about railways, it is about oil pipelines.

[mrsmith]

Sorry. That’s just stupid. Energy is cheap.
China has billions in goods to sell.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I agree. But at some point we are going to have to kick them out of NATO.

[x]

The Ottoman Empire, as Turkey was called a century ago, was long known as "the Sick Man of Europe" to cartoonists.

[Texas Fossil]

Cheapest shipping is by water.

Railroads are for heavy industrial material today.

[Texas Fossil]

They appear to be at the point to leave on their own action.

And even the EU are growing weary of this, but want the oil and gas to reduce dependency upon Russia.

[Texas Fossil]

I never saw the cartoon before, but long ago read about the “sick man of Europe”.

Thanks.

[mrsmith]

Enpty tankers can’t carry smartphones or refrigerators. The Malacca Straits is at full capacity.]
China needs rail.

[BeauBo]

“Very good article.
Caroline Glick is a great addition to the Breitbart Staff.”

This was an excellent article.

NATO members see the increasing enmity developing under Erdogan. Not only are Incirlik’s role in NATO and Turkey’s future F-35 purchases in doubt, but so is their future purchase of Leopard tank upgrades from Germany.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, she understands the region and the players.

She is on excellent terms with Bibi. smile.