Note these 3 bits of news on Twitter, from a source I find accurate:
Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 3h3 hours ago
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/963352738640867328
Erdogan targeted US commanders Lt. Gen. Paul Funk & Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrard today. "It is clear that he has never received an Ottoman Slap in his life", Erdogan said referring to Gen.Funk who earlier said if Turks hit US troops, they will respond aggressively & defend troops.
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Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 3h3 hours ago
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/963348454620717058
Turkey president Erdogan warns Greece & Cyprus over what he calls miscalculated opportunistic moves in Aegean disputes and off-shore drilling, says his country is capable of disrupting their game plans while conduction military offensive in Afrin, Syria
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Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 3h3 hours ago
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/963360919643480064
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu raises spectre of shutting down NATO Kurecik radar base in Malatya as well as Incirlik Air Base in Adana, says Turkish people demand these and they actually see the US as an enemy.
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Erdogan? Threats, Demands and screaming oration to his base, what historic figure does that remind you of? Are we there yet children?
Turkey was a thorn in our side during the Iraq buildup. They wouldn’t let us launch troops into Iraq from there. They are no longer anything resembling what we could call an allay and are rapidly descending into what we might call an adversary.
I think we should start looking at other places where we can move our air assets. There are plenty of places that we can go to. We need to leave Incirlik now and start the process of booting them out of NATO. They were brought into NATO because of the strategic importance they represented in relationship to the USSR. That importance is greatly diminished. I doubt they get into the European Union like they want either. It was stupid when Bush years ago was advocating for them to get into it.