[AnotherUnixGeek]

Looking at the Washington Post’s August 15 op-ed warning that “the U.S. can’t afford to lose Turkey,”

"We can't afford to lose XYZ so let's send them pallets of cash". This has been the clarion call of every US appeaser with a financial or political interest in fostering the growth of other nations at our expense for decades now.

We lost Turkey when Erdogan took over - Trump's policies are making Erdogan pay a price for opposing the US, just as he is making China pay a price for it's trade policies, and just as he is making Iran pay a price for it's destabilization of neighboring nations. We finally, at long last, have a president who puts America ahead of the interests of establishment lobbyists working for foreign governments.

[Texas Fossil]

Absolutely agree. Finally we have a President who “deals” with problems. Unlike the entrenched subversive self serving Deep State operatives.