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Posted on 02/06/2026 7:39:12 PM PST by anthropocene_x
While Washington searches for ways to weaken Iran’s murderous rulers, our supposed NATO ally Turkey is working overtime to keep the mullahs alive — and in power.
This week’s diplomatic tug-of-war over US-Iran negotiations is a win for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s Islamist strongman, who has led a cynical campaign to stall for time and block US and Israeli military action against the Islamic Republic after its brutal crackdown on civilian protesters.
He’s feigning concern that military action would spark “regional instability,” but his real goal is simple: Keep Iran’s theocracy from falling — and stop the emergence of a free, democratic state that would shatter his regional ambitions.
For Erdogan, a crippled Islamist regime in Tehran is far more useful than a democratic one that might align with the West.
Erdogan in recent days has been prepping the ground, encouraging the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan and Qatar to insist on further rounds of “diplomatic efforts.”
In doing so, Ankara not only emboldens Iran’s despots, but constructs a collective regional effort to abandon Iran’s people — who are crying out for the chance to bring down the regime and remake Iran as a democratic ally of America and the West.
For Erdogan, preserving a weakened Islamic Republic serves one overriding purpose: blocking the emergence of a US–Israeli security order that would sideline Turkey’s ambitions.
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Turkey really isn’t a factor. Yes, he’s an Islamist, I don’t think Turkey will ever shake that corruption. Iran has no idea what’s coming.
This has to happen. Enough already. The foreign invaders need to go and go yesterday.
47 years later. Nothing to see here, move along.
-SB
Turkey is using NATO, until the Russian threat is eliminated.
If history has taught us anything, it’s that one baddie, always replaces another.
“two-faced US ‘ally’”
Funny the thing we all think of first when we hear this
France.
The 4th US Army Mechanized Division was scheduled to spearhead an invasion of Iraq from Turkey during the 2003 Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
But, due to Turkey’s refusal to allow access, the division had to reroute its equipment and personnel to Kuwait, participating in the war later as a follow-on force.
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The Revolution in Iran is against Islam. You can bet Erdogan is terrified that might spread to other Islamic regimes, especially his .
Which is why you heard nothing about Iran in USA.
It goes against the narrative by the Left.
from the FRchives:
I think if we force the ayatollahs out, then Erdogan will think twice about a new Ottoman empire. He will lose allies and become friendly to us and stop his attacks on the Kurds and other minorities.
“Funny the thing we all think of first when we hear this”
From the header at first I thought it was France, but Turkey is another.
When I was in Turkey just before Islamist Erdogan took over, people all over the country were thrilled to see Americans. I’m female, no veils. and my friend was a Jewish man.
We had a glorius time and never ran into a single problem. No disapproval either. Quite the opposite. A few veiled Turkish women and I had delightful wordless exchanges and we knew we’d be friends under other circumstances.
I’ve traveled a lot and that was my favorite trip. When Erdogam finally leaves, it might be worth visiting again.
The communist wing of the left is going to do everything it can to keep Iran’s Mullahs in power and supporting Russia/Putin. They need those Iranian drones to continue more effectively fighting Ukraine.
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