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Putin pours fresh scorn on Turkey for downing Russian jet
BBC ^ | December 17, 2015

Posted on 12/17/2015 5:41:33 AM PST by McGruff

"The Turks", he said, had "decided to lick the Americans in a certain place".

He was giving his wide-ranging annual news conference.

Touching on next year's US presidential election, the Russian leader called Donald Trump a "very colourful, talented person" and the "absolute frontrunner in the presidential race".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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Oh my!

1 posted on 12/17/2015 5:41:34 AM PST by McGruff
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Mr Putin said he saw “no prospect” of ties improving with Turkey, which Russia has put under sanctions, under its current leaders.

There was, he said, a “creeping Islamisation of Turkey that would have Ataturk rolling in his grave”.

The remark appeared to be aimed at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose AKP party, with its Islamist roots, has been accused of seeking to dismantle the secular state founded by Kemal Ataturk.

Mr Putin said Turkish officials should have picked up the phone to talk to Russia about their concerns that air strikes in Syria were hitting Turkmen rebels.


2 posted on 12/17/2015 5:43:56 AM PST by McGruff (The only poll I believe in in The North Pole)
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There is a major ass kicking coming Turkey’s way...


3 posted on 12/17/2015 5:49:43 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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I’ve been hearing that for weeks, now.


4 posted on 12/17/2015 5:53:02 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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There is a major ass kicking coming Turkey’s way...

A big can of WhoopAss labeled Turkey is going to get opened

5 posted on 12/17/2015 5:54:08 AM PST by TYVets
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To: McGruff

Thank you for that recap and for posting that article. We must remain cognizant of the opinions, attitudes, and actions of other players on the world stage.


6 posted on 12/17/2015 5:55:18 AM PST by Ciexyz
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Time to take Constantinople back for Christianity.


7 posted on 12/17/2015 5:55:59 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: TYVets

Islam is going down the shitter.

The civilized world refuses to join them.


8 posted on 12/17/2015 6:01:38 AM PST by PA-RIVER ( .)
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Putin is wrong. The people Erdo is licking are Muslim Brotherhood infiltrators, not American.
9 posted on 12/17/2015 6:15:10 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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To: McGruff

Perfect post!


10 posted on 12/17/2015 6:22:17 AM PST by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: McGruff

Putin: “If someone in Turkey decided to kiss Americans on a certain body part, I don’t know whether it was right or not.”


11 posted on 12/17/2015 6:22:53 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: McGruff

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/02/04/poisoned-ex-kgb-agent-accused-vladimir-putin-of-being-a-pedophile/

So says Putin whose Rebels shot down a passenger jet.


12 posted on 12/17/2015 7:35:59 AM PST by BeadCounter (,)
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