Russia presses Turkey for access to US Incirlik air base

The Australian ^ | 12:00AM August 20, 2016 | Hannah Lucinda Smith

[Navy Patriot]

Russia is pressing Turkey for ­access to a key airbase used by the US as it tries to extend its ­influence in the Middle East.

The American-built Incirlik base, about 100km from the ­Syrian border, is used by NATO and has about 50 US tactical ­nuclear warheads stored on site.

A senior Russian politician said allowing Russian jets and bombers to use it would be a “logical continuation” of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s efforts to rebuild Turkey’s relations with the Kremlin.

“It just remains to come to an agreement with Erdogan that we get the NATO base Incirlik as our primary airbase,” said Igor Morozov, a member of the Senate committee on international affairs.

[Nifster]

Obozo put us in this position

Not good

[dfwgator]

Can they also give Constantinople to the Russians?

[butlerweave]

and Obama goes Golfing

[Nifster]

If one is unethical that is true. But the folks who do that have been doing it all along just in case

[Navy Patriot]

Another success for the Obama administration. Losing a NATO airbase to the Russians without a shot being fired.

I prefer Reagan's diplomacy of trust when he lost the Soviet Union (to history) without firing a shot.

[PLMerite]

“And yes, I used to be Cuban Leaf.”

...why aren’t you still? Did you get transmogrified or something?

[Mr. Douglas]

The name never really fit. My neighbors call me Mr. Douglas because of my situation. Think Green Acres.”

Cuban Leaf was a name I created on a lark and never really liked it.

[Psalm 73]

"We still have 5 months..."

We won't make it in one piece.

[Psalm 73]

"Cuban Leaf was a name I created on a lark and never really liked it."

So now you're Chip's dad?

(And now I can't get that theme song out of my head)

[Mr. Douglas]

We won’t make it in one piece.

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I don’t think so either. Frankly, I think it’s possible that any day you could try to use your credit card and find that it will not work. Anywhere. That almost happened in Summer of 2008. That’s why we got QE. But it’s no longer working.

And the stock markets are eerily quiet.

[buckalfa]

The writing is on the wall. Australia, Japan, Philippines, and South Korea need to provide for their own defense and to make their own deals. Free Asia might want to look to India as a defense partner.

[PLMerite]

“Think Green Acres.”

I bet Kentucky is a fine place for it, too.

I’m retired now and relocating from Maryland to Texas...sometime. Kentucky was second on my list.

[Navy Patriot]

The writing is on the wall. Australia, Japan, Philippines, and South Korea need to provide for their own defense and to make their own deals.

Agreed, and best wishes to them.

[Mollypitcher1]

If we do leave we MUST leave the airbase in rubble, totally unusable. WE built it and WE should destroy it. Might use one of those nukes to do the job so it will be contaminated for a while.......

[Navy Patriot]

My neighbors call me Mr. Douglas because of my situation. Think Green Acres.”

Post a picture of your wife.

[Harpotoo]

Best election ever!!!

[Psalm 73]

Let’s just pack it up, bulldoze the buildings and crater the runways on our way out....

[onedoug]

Uh... Congress? Hello....

[HereInTheHeartland]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JpPU-SwcbE

Obama is indeed more flexible after the election.

[MarMema]

It is amazing. I am not afraid of Russia. What worries me most today is the London drift toward sharia.