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The Grand Turk
The Grand Turk returns to the forefront: with Trump's approval NATO member Turkey has troops in Syria crushing the Kurds plus in Iraq and Lebanon. Empire could not be far off.
2026-02-18
Turkey already has military footholds in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.
If the Palestinians in Jordan overthrow the Hashemites with Turkish help,
Is that likely? I have no idea, so need some guidance on the question.
the new regime could ally with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, becoming nuclear-armed.
Combined with Saudi wealth and Pakistani nuclear weapons,
…assuming the Pakistani things are actually functional. Inshallah mindset doesn’t lead to the kind of persnickety quarterly maintenance such things are said to require…
this could form a "Sunni mega-axis" right on Israel’s border.
Trump is investing in a cheaper Turkish energy corridor to Europe, bypassing Israel’s role as the preferred conduit.
With Iran out of the way there will be nothing to stop Turkey.
Except Israel, which isn’t silly enough to mistake Erdogan’s Turkey as a friend, or even slightly neutral.

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Posted by: Skidmark   2026-02-18 11:28  

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