We need to get hold of our so-called friends and get them on board. I fear that no Muslim country can ever be a true ally. They’re just not Western in their outlook. Bush lost Turkey and it didn’t have to happen.
Turkey was aligned with the NATO group due to its prior history with the Ruskies. Well, if they don’t want to be aligned against a foe, F em, let them take on the Ruskies alone. They have been drifting into a Islamic State orbit for some time. Frnakly I believe they see their future aligned with some kind of ISIS state ala the old Ottoman empire. The wounds of WW1 still run deep over there. It has been over 50 years since we had Jupiter rockets based there anyway. They will rue the day they become a nemisis, alone, against the Black Sea Navy’s idea of free passage into the Med, so be it.