Great ally and NATO member.
NATO is dead, looks like.
That they've let ISIS roam free and even use Turkish medical services is disturbing.
Turkey's got a problem. A big chunk of Turkey is Kurdish, and the US is upgrading the Pershmega who I'd think will before long use their new skills and weapons to build a bigger, better Kurdistan. That would have the US allied with both sides (Turkey and the Kurds) and still arming the "friendly rebels" in Syria. YIKES!
Meanwhile, on the Black Sea, the Kiev gov is creating chaos. If Russia doesn't prevail there, what's to stop radical Islam's spread into eastern Europe through Ukraine?
It's hard to imagine how this ends well, unless the US does a 180 and supports Assad and stops doing what the Saudis, Kuwait and Qatar want.
That used to be an accurate statement. However, Turkey (while still a member of NATO) is no longer a "secular state" and has purged its military of the dependable officer corps which maintained that "secular state"! Now, Turkey is but a camel in the NATO tent for islamists! This was predicted many years ago when their NATO membership was being debated!!!
I had the same thought. Greece can have their territory back, if this is how Turkey is going to treat us from here on in.
Well, at least they don’t discriminate by party.
Or religion! ;-)
See if they're caught up on their dues and if so, eject them from the alliance. If not caught up, fine them the outstanding amount THEN eject them from the alliance.
While it's usually good to see Obama fall flat on his face, the more serious side of this is the fact that an increasingly Islamized Turkey is likely to be less likely to cooperate with other NATO members against any Muslim targets.