How can anyone be surprised at this?
the obvious way to move Gulf hydrocarbons to Europe is via Turkish pipelines.
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia should bury the hatchet and do business.
So, one unreliable Moslem ally is cozying pup to another unreliable Moslem ally. What could possibly go wrong?
What's that? The USA has an actual foreign policy?
I thought Biden and his crew were just making $.it up
on the fly.
“While the world is largely united in its opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”
MIXED is a more accurate term. Per population, roughly 1/3 siding with Russia 1/3 neutral, and 1/3 with the Nazis.
We just have the Western media, but there is more to the world than just the West.
Why is that disturbing?
Turkey is in such desperate shape economically that it will cozy next to anyone who will give it money. They are looking at turning off the power and their currency is, for all practical purposes, worthless. All because their leader has zero understanding of economics. He tried to do what China does that used to work for them, except his currency is convertible.
Given the condition they’re in I’m shocked they’re supporting Ukraine as Russia can pay bribes in gas. To me this means “someone” is paying them way more than the asking price for the drones and that’s probably the US.
Not new at all. Erdogan got into power in the first place with the assistance of Saudi money. Turkey and Saudi have been close for a long time.
T. E. Lawrence, White Courtesy Phone.
With America apparently determined to help Iran become a nuclear power then these two getting together would seem to be the sensible course for them so that they can aid each other to get their own nukes for protection against Iran.
Trump started a roll toward peace in the Middle East. Biden has unraveled that and seems bent on major war, probably with the aim to ultimately destroy Israel.