[zeestephen]

Re: “Likely the same reason past presidents did - we have Nat Sec ‘interests’ along the northern and eastern borders.”

We had national security interests along the northern and eastern borders of Iran, but when Iran became an Islamic dictatorship, our relationship ended.

Erdogan has created an Islamic police state in Turkey, and he dreams of recreating the Ottoman Empire.

But he's still in NATO, and he is still welcome in every western European capital?

Insanity!

[PIF]

I was referring to those ‘interests’ on the Turkish side.

[PIF]

BTW Turkey has always been a police state - Estrogen just made it more visible.