Posted on 03/19/2014 5:27:56 AM PDT by Daffynition
The threat to close the Bosphorus to Russia comes from a report by Hvylya, citing a Turkish diplomatic source. According to the source, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan yesterday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone and warned of the consequences for conflict with Ukraine. The Hvylya source was also reported on by UNIAN.
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Concerns were also raised about the possible threat to ethnic Crimean Tatars in the region, citing recent murders and communications with Tatar leadership. Erdogans call to Putin warned that if Russia invades Ukraine, and so-called Crimean self-defense forces engage in violence against the Tatar minority, Turkey will be forced to close passage into the Black Sea to Russian ships.
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“Take me back to Constantinople...”
Why did Istanbul get the bootin’
That’s no one’s business but Putin.
Turkey is totally toothless.
No, Putin is the toothless one. He picks fights with weaklings like a school yard bully. Putin won’t lay a finger on Turkey because they have a competent military and are backed up by NATO.
Great, we’re going to war for the frickin’ Turks, as usual always defending Muslims.
No, the Turks just put the two bit KGB thug in his place. He won’t mess with them.
After the American Revolution, he also worked for Catherine the Great for a while.
Turkey has a lot of F-16’s sitting around that can be loaded for anti-shipping and they have a lot of plans on the books for defending against a Black Sea invasion force.
Actually they can, one of the plans from the Cold War was to sink a freighter in the middle of channel and that will close it. All ships that transit the Channel use a Turkish Pilot due to how twisty the Channel is. Also, the Russian Navy is no where near the level they were back in the 80’s.
Cyprus.
JPJ got a part-time job and didn’t play the court intrigue games very well. The Tartars in Crimea fret.
Perhaps second only to the Gurkhas, depending on whom you ask.
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