Posted on 10/01/2022 4:23:58 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Turkey has vowed to reinforce its military presence in northern Cyprus, where it already has about 40,000 troops, adding to tensions with its historic foe Greece.
In a televised interview late Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled that Turkey would boost its military presence on the island. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu affirmed the plan today. “We will send both troops and arms to the island to protect the Turkish Cypriot community,” Cavusoglu said in the Aegean town of Denizli.
The Turkish statements follow Washington’s decision earlier this month to lift defense trade restrictions on Cyprus for fiscal year 2023. The decision, effective as of Oct. 1, rewards the small island state for cooperating with the United States against money laundering and denying Russian military vessels access to ports for refueling and servicing. Both points are crucial for the international embargo against Russia. But in Ankara, it has further fueled Turkish concern that the administration of US President Joe Biden is breaking away from its policy of balance between its two NATO allies in favor of Greece and Cyprus.
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Wonder what the NATO split will look like with a Turkeye-Greece war/conflict.......
Some borders and invasions are more equal than others...
Pretty much.
Cyprus is not and never has been a NATO country. It is an EU member state. Turkey invaded the island in 1974 and set up a puppet Turkish state, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which nobody but Turkey recognizes.
Erdogan is doing this to burnish his nationalist credentials and distract from the absolute hash he has made of the Turkish economy.
When did this game of risk start?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyNWVdExM24
I’m looking right at you big daddy.
“A game of world domination played by two guys who can barely manage their life.”
Hehe
Given the aggressive nature of Putin, the question must be put forward.
If Russia attacks Turkey from the rear, will Greece help?
Turkey and Russia are in the same boat; both are being painted as pariahs because of their seizure of land.
Doubt they’ll be fighting each other any time soon...
With what? Russia is sending everything battle-worthy to Ukraine. It doesn’t have enough troops and weapons to defeat Turkey now (if it had enough before it started the war with Ukraine, which is far from certain).
Does Mustafa Oz approve?
Yep.
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