Authored by Jim Carey via GeopoliticsAlert.com,
Following the alleged March 4th alleged Russian poisoning of Sergei Skripal, an ex-double agent in the UK, several European countries and the US have begun ejecting Russian diplomats from their countries. With both the UK and US each ejecting dozens of diplomats, it stands to reason that every other NATO country would follow suit.
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However, several European Union members have yet to follow London’s lead. One important NATO country isn’t bowing to western Russophobia: Turkey.
Despite calls from the UK for all of their allies to stand with them in “punishing Russia” they have failed to convince many of their fellow EU members, Israel, and Turkey to follow their suggestions. While there isn’t much London can do to their fellow European states, and obviously, they can’t criticize Israel; tension between Turkey and the EU has reached a point where it’s fashionable to demonize Ankara.
Both the US and UK often pander to Turkey due to the country’s strategic location and their control of the second largest military in NATO. This, however, has become much more difficult in recent months due to the increasingly authoritarian governance of the country leading to arrests of western employees, global kidnappings, and blatant defiance of international law.
This tense relationship between Turkey and the EU was on full display yesterday as Turkish President Recep Erdogan met with EU leaders about his nation’s prospects of joining the bloc. Predictably, no new results were achieved between Brussels and Ankara. This allows Erdogan to go back to turkey and play the victim, likely in anticipation of this announcement on Russia, which he will probably frame as ‘retaliation.’
Tensions between NATO and Turkey have also increased following the recent decision by Ankara to purchase Russian-made S-400 anti-air missile systems rather than the US Patriot missiles. According to Turkey the decision for this purchase was due to the vast amount of red tape around the purchase of the Patriot systems (although, they may have dodged a bullet as the Patriots have recently shown to be ineffective).
The Turks have also found themselves quarreling with the US over their support for the Kurds in northern Syria. According to Ankara (and some high level US officials) the Syrian Kurdish group’s armed by the US have very public connections to the terrorist group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Combine all these factors and it shouldn’t be surprising to hear the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Bekir Bozdag announce that “Turkey isn’t considering taking any decisions against Russia.” According to Bozdag, the current crises in US-Turkish relations is a large factor in their decision not to alienate Moscow at a time when “there is a positive and good relationship between Turkey and Russia.”
While nobody can be sure what to believe coming from the Turks, Erdogan also confirmed the decision to not retaliate against Russia although he “condemns what happened in the UK and regards the use of chemical weapons as a crime against humanity.”
Comments
Erdogan: Bishop to Knight 6, Check.
Trump: King me!
Now you know who gives (useless) NATO plans to mother Russia and Iran.
I'm sorry to read that Israel and Turkey are "fellow EU members". Are we sure the guy who wrote this article knows how to read?
In reply to Erdogan: Bishop to Knight 6,… by serotonindumptruck
If we were serious about maintaining hegemony, The Sultan would have been whacked by now.
Of course, we also wouldn't be signing trillion dollar omnibus debt that no one reads, either.
Debt is the real enemy.
In reply to now you know who gives NATO… by Adolph.H.
When Erdogan is the sensible one of the bunch, we are well and truly fucked.
In reply to If we were serious about… by Killtruck
Looks like Turkey HAS turned a corner. Basically, fuck anyone aligned with Israel and neocons and anyone who refuses to follow them is clearly quite sane. Currently, only Turkey and New Zealand have refused to toe the line.
In reply to When Erdogan is the sensible… by HopefulCynical
Turkey has no choice. Russia will navigate the Bosphorus. In a war Turkey would have the international right to refuse navigation of the Bosphorus by enemies. There are no circumstances under which Russia would allow this denial. Admitting Turkey into NATO was a stupid ploy and a mistake. The Ukrainian coup was a mistake. When push came to shove Turkey had to side with Russia. Did anyone really not know this? This is being conducted so stupidly I am forced to believe that Susan Rice is still National Security advisor.
Crimea, the warm water Naval Base at Sevastopol, and access to the Mediterranean by navigation of the Bosphorus are absolutely essential for Russia's military and economic health. The West knows this, Turkey knows this, and of course Putin knows this.
In reply to Looks like Turkey HAS turned… by Scar Bro
I guess yo missed the coup of 2016.
In reply to If we were serious about… by Killtruck
How many of the ones that have expelled are in on the gag, how many actually believe London and how many don't have a choice but to go along?
Now let's the this up a notch: the shooting war starts. Are these same countries going to pony up troops to attack Russia? I bet not.
Edit: Has ZH commented on the Easter miracle yet?
On Wednesday there was a 1 in 99 chance of recovery:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/28/sergei-yulia-skripal-sl…
On Thursday Yulia is up and talking:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/29/yulia-skripal-no-longer…
Anybody not calling bullshit on this is a blind fool.
In reply to now you know who gives NATO… by Adolph.H.
Seems to make sense to me. If you changed "Israel, and Turkey" to "Israel, or Turkey", it might scan better but try "to convince many of their fellow EU members, and in addition Israel and Turkey".
No need to denigrate the author, just because he mentioned Israel and Turkey in the same sentence. To be fair, in the UK that would probably be anti-Semitic.
In reply to now you know who gives NATO… by Adolph.H.
Well. most of these 'out o the box' anal-systs' know how to 'read'... but they write with a paycheck in mind.
When I saw the name 'Jim Carey' it all became clear at last!
These PUTIE/ERDO/ranREBBE pushers are all comedy writers! It's not only clear now how an impossible narrative...
the totalitarian TERROR GANG and their Master Cylinder control in el Aviv are fun loving peaceniks with a mission to save us all from the
he hehe... Nanglo-Sionist Empire...
can be made to work as a tongue in cheek satire which simply sails over the heads of it's intended audience...
but the adjoining jolly good joke... that some how Trimp is still 'playing chess' instead of jus 'payin for his mess'...is a gut buster extraordinaire.
Kudos to "Jim" and his gang o jokesters!*
*but prolly best if somebody breaks it to Pepe and CPR gently... they appear to have gotten hopelessly attached to their fake storylines!
In reply to now you know who gives NATO… by Adolph.H.
Trump is more of a "Discovered Czech" kind of chess player.
;-)
In reply to Erdogan: Bishop to Knight 6,… by serotonindumptruck
Didn't your country have a major hand in starting WWI?
Great, of all of the western leaders, Erdogan is the one with the "cooler head". God help us.
Muh pipeline.
Muh Kurds.
Muh Dardanelles.
Muh Incirlik.
In reply to Great, of all of the western… by Roger Ramjet
Question: If the spy was poisoned in UK, why has USA expelled more diplomats?
It's just "eyewash!"
In reply to Question: If the spy was… by Labworks
Do you think the Pacific Northwest went commie by itself?
In reply to It's just "eyewash!" by StychoKiller
OT
Fan mail for some flounder.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/us/nikolas-cruz-prison-fan-mail-trnd/ind…
In reply to Do you think the Pacific… by Arnold
Maybe that was the excuse they needed.
Now, back to #DrainTheSwamp.
LooooooL
Are the Trumptards feeling dumb yet?
In reply to Question: If the spy was… by Labworks
The failure of Turkey to remain a secular, western aligned democracy, is an indictment (and conviction) of NATO as a failed alliance, symptomatic of deeper structural failures in western governments in regards to their utility as common defense structures.
The very governmental institutions we built to protect us are in fact the primary vector of our destruction, and should be overthrown and rebuilt in a way that renews and replenishes their utility to the people they serve.
Au contraire, their utility towards (((the people))) they serve seems to be working just fine from where i'm standing...
In reply to The failure of Turkey to… by jmack
so you want nuclear war?
In reply to Au contraire, their utility… by Beans
Does Syria and Russia want turkey to expel the kurds from Syria?
That list is an informative compilation of vassal nations to the USSA Thugocracy.
Btw, how the fuck does Australia justify jumping on this shitwagon? Hahahahah!!!
Fucking hopeless.
Because they suck USA cock just like the UK does
In reply to That list is an informative… by Brazen Heist
Cuckstralia!
They go down, under.
In reply to That list is an informative… by Brazen Heist
Only low IQ low information sheep actually believe anyone other than the US deep state alphabets would go through all the trouble of using a "Russian toxin" to murder someone. It is so much easier and investigation resistant just shoot them in Seth Rich, Vince Foster manner
Just recorded and uploaded to YT
RT Crosstalk discussing the lunatics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFKSUD2jSCw
Not that there should be a NATO to begin with, but why is Turkey still in it?
Keep your enemies closer? I don't think so.
Breaking
Russis just gave the UK 30 days to pull ALL of their diplomats and consulates out of Russia.
Reference = https://www.rt.com/news/422772-russia-uk-diplomats-numbers/
LMAO at how vacuous that May cow is. How humiliating for the UK, to be run by the likes of May and Johnson. What a pair: a cunt and a cuck.
In reply to Breaking… by ExPat2018
Bozo Johnson and Cunt May belong in a carnival freak show.
In reply to Reference = https://www.rt… by HRClinton
You left the USSA just in time.
I'm leaving it for CH next week.
In reply to Bozo Johnson and Cunt May… by ExPat2018
Source?
In reply to Breaking… by ExPat2018
Bozo Johnson and Cunt May belong in a carnival freak show.
In reply to Source? by RawPawg
Why don't you make the effort to find the source?
It took me <10 sec.
In reply to Source? by RawPawg
Erdogan better make sure he isn’t shot in the back in a botched robbery attempt at 4 Am where they forget to take his watch and wallet.
Those things happen in real life. WaPo says so.
In reply to Endogan better make sure he… by MilwaukeeMark
No schwitz (sweat). They'll find the dropped passport of the perp nearby.
In reply to Endogan better make sure he… by MilwaukeeMark
WTF is NATO waiting for? Turkey has no earthly reason to be a member. Let them side with Russia or whatever they want to do......but letting them stay in NATO is a farce.
It's all about...
1. 'Encirkling' Russia
2. Blocking Silk Road 2.0
Got clarity? Keep it or get some.
In reply to WTF is NATO waiting for? … by richsob
Oh Goody! On Good Friday some hotheads of the Satanic Cult of Mohammad yearning to provoke bloodshed in the name of a made up state go Full-Ferguson!
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5210347,00.html
The Great March?! LOL!
Theresa and Bozo said
Russia is racist because there are few Pakis, Niggers and Indians there.,
So, by that logic, Queen Victoria was racist and incompetent, because she kept the WOGs and Kaffirs in their place?
"Interesting." - The Matrix
In reply to Theresa and Bozo said … by ExPat2018
I am all for Brexit now.
Blow up the Channel Tunnel and let that island of slimey limey float away
Turkey knows the Useless Snakes days are numbered. They are cozying up to the winners.
This is good news. Some of these countries need to side with Russia.
Missing from the list: Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania. Are they in NATO? Do they have Russian diplomats?
Turkey also want to be in on OBOR (Silk Road)
I've never seen anyone who can sit on a fence so wide as Erdogan can. Interesting dude, for sure.
Where is Spain on that crappy Statista list?
Pagination