That's hilarious. Turkey let the U.S. use their land for logistics, transportation, refueling, etc. Apparently it was VERY important.
I remember telling Freepers we shouldn't be catering to Turkey, especially about things like the Armenian holocaust. And they told me Turkey's help was TOO IMPORTANT and we had to do whatever they wanted.
“When US invaded Iraq, Turkey didn’t help”
“That’s hilarious. Turkey let the U.S. use their land for logistics, transportation, refueling, etc.”
Turkey refused to let the 4th ID transit their territory. It was a major impediment to the war plan. Conventional wisdom is that it resulted in additional US casualties, but that can never be known.
Turkey plays both ends against the middle. German and Canadian naval vessels are operating under a NATO flag in the eastern med now, trying to keep a lid on refugee migration. And the unspoken, unacknowledged gorilla in Germany’s living room are all the Turks who live and work and pay into their welfare state, and have for decades.