[a_Turk]

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[Wonder Warthog]

...Erdogan insisted that Turkey had done more for the U.S. war effort than any other country except England. Turkish airspace was a singularly essential ingredient, he said. ''How could they feel let down by our doing all this?'' he said defensively."

Yeah, right. Two examples--Kuwait and Qatar. Turkey single-handedly extended the war by not allowing the opening of a northern front.

[telebob]

Quite frankly, Erdogan blew it big time. The Turkish military is notoriously cranky with Islamists. He's not only on 'probation', he's on suicide watch.

He and his bunch get insulted over some frigging political cartoon and some percieved diplomatic slights and it winds up costing Turkey 24B right off the top plus greatly reduced influence as a US strategic partner. The US / Iraq deal could have gone a long way towards helping Turkey climb out of the economic hole they are in. Now they got nada....and the EU membership is most likely never going to materialize.

[gcruse]

Thank you, thank you, Mr Prime Minister. Sometimes our prayers are answered with a 'no,' which subsequently turns out to have been the best outcome of all. America saves billions of dollars, the Turks are kept out of Northern Iraq, the justification for an wealthy independent Kurdistan is in place,
and Turkey has made good friends with the French. What's not to like?

[realpatriot]

"One, Cengiz Candar, told me he had ''stopped even pronouncing Erdogan's name publicly.'' (It is pronounced EHR-doe-ahn, by the way)."

Would this akin to insulting his moustache?

[marron]

Good article.

[pkpjamestown]

Thanks for posting this! I didn't think you would be interested...., "Another ludicrous article.. ", as you have said before.

[Nogbad]

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