This is very special movie bro. Very realistic. The Turkish army was very much neglected in the Southeast especially in the 90s and the early 2000s. They tried to do something about that neglect but didn't succeed really up to 2017. Many such outposts were open to deadly attacks and the bigger...
It is always a risk when it comes to defence cooperation and Turkey is involved. We also received information about pressure on the Ukrainian side when it comes to joint projects in the past few years. The most secure way would be completely indigenous and domestic design and development but it...
I have always defended cooperation with UK on that matter. They are more reliable than all our alternatives when it comes to the development of TFX including the propulsion system. I hope new deal is renegotiated with acceptable compromises from our side. We can gain much from cooperating with...
The Iraqi government is even worse on that matter. KDP is at least supplying us with intelligence while the Iraqi army is paying officially the salaries of PKK in Sinjar.
Iraqi central government will do nothing different than rebranding them. We can even see clashes between Peshmerga and the Iraqi government forces on that. PKK is working good for them with Iranian support against KRG and Turkey.
To alienate Turkey more will be a critical strategic mistake by the US and it will hurt US interests in the Middle East and Central Asia more than it will hurt Turkey in the long term.