Recent content by Anastasius

LOL I remember when some Turkish-Americans were backing this guy because he's "one of ours". I'm still waiting to see a single European nation apologize for the brutal ethnic cleansing of Turks from the Balkans which caused one of the largest refugee crises in history and that even proponents...

I wonder if the US interest in bringing Turkiye back into the F-35 program has to do more with tapping the country's manufacturing potential. It has attempted to shift Turkiye's role in the program to some other nations but from what I hear that isn't going as well as the US hoped. I suspect...

I really wish Trump would stop writing like a 5 year old on a sugar high. You're the president of the United States FFS.

I've seen a Twitter comment that basically went something like "in 100 years, Israel will either be Greater Israel or it will not exist at all". Regardless of what one may think of Israeli justifications, they have absolutely f***ed their reputation on the global stage. I've never seen this...

It depresses me to see how many people I had previously considered good acquaintances or even maybe friends are bloodthirsty warmongers over this crap. I thought that everyone had learned their lesson with Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria and every other quagmire that the US has been involved in...

Except we have footage of Ukraine using them far beyond "the very beginning of the war in Ukraine".

You are. Military cooperation is based on practical considerations not political shitflinging. Turkey has had the S-400 for years now, I guarantee you that everything that could've been learned and reverse engineered from it, has been.

I would just like to post that this means nothing. They may have some Turkic blood in them but they have no problem oppressing Turkic minorities in Iran and view themselves as wholeheartedly culturally Persian.

I don't think you're aware of how gullible and overly emotional a large segment of the US public is. I'm not even talking about the MAGA crew but regular Americans who already don't particularly care for anyone or anything in the Middle-East and are only lukewarm on the idea of permanent...

That would be insanely stupid and would give warhawks in the US all the ammo they need to declare Iran a serious threat to American interests and rile up public support. It's the opposite of having brains. Targeting Israel and avoiding seriously targeting the US gives Iran some leeway in...

Funny thing is that Pahlavis are majority Azerbaijani too. The current Pahlavi "heir to the throne" is like 65% Azerbaijani by blood. Kinda like how most of the Russian historical nobility were descended from the elite of the Golden Horde who got assimilated into Russian culture. Not that it...

Kinda hoping these stupid pricks break the ceasefire again so the Syrian government can just steamroll them all without having to play nice so I can stop hearing about these a-holes once and for all.

Azerbaijan would absolutely back Turkey in this case, not only would it prevent continued abuse of our ethnic brethren but if Turkey controlled South Azerbaijan it would also mean an end to Iranian drug cartels attempting to smuggle goods through Azerbaijan since they commonly use the land...

Holy shit. Even assuming that the Syrian government might be slightly exaggerating the territorial gains, this is an absolutely piss-poor showing for the SDF. They folded like paper.

Does anyone have an updated map of the situation on the ground?