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2018-05-09 The Grand Turk

Why a US defence bill seeks a halt to arms sales to Turkey

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Posted by Fred 2018-05-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#1 Let Turkey go. If they want to snuggle up to Pooty Poot, let 'em. Putin likes to deal with nefarious governments.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-05-09 01:32|| 2018-05-09 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Russians are after Constantinople. Catherine the Great. US can assist or not oppose that.

Russia is looking at Constantinople. History. Greek Church. Eastern/Second Caesar to Third Caesar/Tsar. Superb beat-down to the Central Asian (Turkic) Moslem Horde. Long reach of the Nordic genius. Would help everyone else in the ME, including USA.

Posted by Spike Hupilet2814 2018-05-09 02:35|| 2018-05-09 02:35|| Front Page Top

#3 OK, I'll admit that I'm naive, but isn't NATO supposed to be made up of democracies and/or republics? And since as Sultana YiyYip I has said "Democracy is a bus that you get off of when you reach your stop", can Turkey be still considered a member of NATO? And if not in NATO, why the hell would you arm another Islamofascist state with delusions of empire?

Posted by Grererong Bonaparte9840 2018-05-09 07:30|| 2018-05-09 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll admit that I'm naive, but isn't NATO supposed to be made up of democracies and/or republics?

Well, there were those periods of military rule in Greece and Portugal....

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-05-09 08:17|| 2018-05-09 08:17|| Front Page Top

#5 yah. I thought of that when I was writing the comment. Hoped no one would call me on it....

Posted by Grererong Bonaparte9840 2018-05-09 12:02|| 2018-05-09 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 but isn't NATO supposed to be made up of democracies and/or republics?

I'd argue that the exact form of government is less important than whether they are at least nominally on our side, an area where Turkey seems to be lacking.

Posted by SteveS 2018-05-09 12:34|| 2018-05-09 12:34|| Front Page Top

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