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Erdogan has been good at making many enemies, and making all of them at the same time. Yet Syria remains a complete mess, unresolved and no plan on the horizon.

Ankara was more about geopolitics then anything. Istanbul is a relatively flat plane, its vulnerable to invasion or at least was back then. You can't have your power centre so vulnerable. For Istanbul to be safe you need the mountain range in Bulgaria as your border. Still to this day i never...

I remember something like this occurring when Turkey was threatened not to stop Russia from destroying idlib. That would have led to another 4 million refugees. Its pretty much forced Turkey to say to the EU that if you don't back me, i have no choice but to send millions your way. While all...

Chinese don't tend to question, they just obey. Hence why things like "social credit systems" works over there. Place is a cultural nightmare.

seems like a waste of money.

Constantly living in Turkeys shadow, no other purpose to their existence.

nato/west did nothing against Russia in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, they wont do anything in Ukraine. They speak a good game though. Only Turkey did something against Russia in all 3 theatres.

Seems so obvious now you mentioned it, that the best way to help Ukraine would to expand operations into northern Syria.

The real question for me is what Turkey is planning to do, they cannot allow Ukraine to be alone against Russia.

If Ukraine doesn't fight she will come under a long term incremental occupation by Russia. Its best she fights. This all explains why the Russians were escalating trouble in Syria. I really hope Turkey backs Ukraine the same way she backed Azerbaijan, its the only chance of victory Ukraine has...

I've said it quite a few times in the past but it would nice if we could get around 10 Muslim majority nations to all align their foreign policy and when a country moves they all move together. Obviously Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan will have to head this work. Would be nice to add the...

yes i do provided Turkish generals oversea the conflict.

He's not far off lol. however the main opposition party the CHP has had the same losing leader for the past 20 years. In england for the most part you lose one election its time to go, this guy is still there. My own opinion is that the opposition leader has been the biggest asset to...

The west built china with their investments, even given "most favoured nation" within the UN. All of this stuff just looks like another fake east vs west conflict while business and dealings between the two continue to grow. The genocide has been going on for decades now, a few sanctions against...

Attacking Turkish held positions is answering biden? why not attack american held position in the north west instead? Attacking Turkish positions will only push Turkey more towards America and would that be wise at a time when Turkish/Americans relations are low.

I don't see China being able to do much against Russia. Like wise i would also think Russia is stronger then India. Despite having a relatively tiny population in comparison.

I don't think so, i think its more a reflection of the people. Massive populations but relatively weak compared to western nations of significantly smaller populations. India though is different since its very diverse, while china for the most part is homogeneous.

Could also be to do with Ukraine. If Ukraine moves to reclaim her land, it will be Turkey who was behind her in the same way Turkey was behind Azerbaijan. All the ramblings and rumours of war not to mention the fact Turkey shipped UAV's to Ukraine in a similar manner to how they shipped them to...

rationally speaking though how does a country with 1.2 billion not be the strongest on earth? I mean a 150 million Russia is stronger then China. How can you have such a massive population but still be weaker then nations that have 1/10th of it? I would still take Japan over China in a war...

AK party have no answers for the mess they helped create. Literally their whole Syria policy is just to ride it out and hope for the best.