The Russians play chess. They will cripple Turkey economically. In fact, they have already started to do so.
Russia won’t start full scale military action vs. Turkey because of NATO. But if Turkey is stupid enough to start a fight, they will lose. BADLY.
And I doubt the US would step in to save them, even if/when Obama orders our military to do so.
As far as whose side am I on, that’s an easy question:
(1) God
(2) My family (including my dear friends)
(3) Texas
(4) Free Republic
(5) The US
(6) Freedom loving parts of Europe (what’s left of it)
(7) Russia if they continue taking on worse monsters
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(10093745) Turkey
LOL. How will they cripple Turkey economically?
The top export destinations of Turkey are Germany ($15.5B), Iraq ($11.9B), the United Kingdom ($8.92B), France ($7.7B) and Italy ($7.26B). The top import origins are Germany ($25.8B), China ($24.3B), Russia ($14.5B), Italy ($13.2B) and the United States ($12.1B).