Turkey is on the edge of being overrun by its "frendly" moslem neighbors.But oxi and his orthodox balkan friends would welcome that... Exactly what would make their day. Plenty of orthodox nations have designs on Turkish land. Other than Israel, Georgia, and Azerbaidjan, all our neighbors are trouble!
Which neighbors is that?
Turkey is bordered by only three Moslem countries: Iran, Iraq and Syria. Assuming that these three could get together to do so (loud laughter just off-stage), the Turkish Army would have absolutely no trouble kicking their Arab and Persian behinds. Not to mention that they would have to invade thru some of the roughest terrain on earth.
Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian armies are far more used to killing unarmed civilians than they are taking on the Turks, who have always been renowned as tough fighters, even when poorly armed and led, which is probably not the case at the present time.
BTW, in case nobody had noticed, Turkey is a member of NATO, which might also have something to say about a Syrian/Iraqi/Iranian invasion. NATO bylaws require an attack on one member to be considered an attack on all.
that is all turkey has with the u.s., very shallow if you ask me!
whenever the u.s. wants something, turkey will always give in.
and payment for sending some troops to afghanistan, well, they will get more loans soon!
and payment for telling the u.s. to not call it armenian genocide [X42], the u.s. can continue to use its bases to bomb iraq with!
and payment for the u.s. to ignore its human rights abuses, well i dunno about that one, maybe oil pipeline deals!
when was the last time a u.s. president just visited turkey, no strings attached?
osce meeting in constantinople a few years back was a scheduled meeting among members!