[hinckley buzzard]

Throughout the Cold war Turkey anchored the southern flank of NATO. If you don't get how important they were geopolitically, look at a map. Their troops gave the North Koreans a pretty bad headache in the Korean War also.

Kemalist Turkey was a reliable ally, up until they chose to sit out Desert Storm. Only since then have they begun to slide into the Islamic sewer. And as Erdogan betrays his predecessors, now they are only allies on paper.

[dfwgator]

They may have had stretches where our interests aligned, but long-term an alliance with Turkey was doomed to failure.

[dalereed]

Turkey has always been muslim.

The only good muslim is a dead one!!!