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To: PGR88

1. Putin needs to restore normal relations with Turkey: trade, etc.
2. Turkish military is second largest in NATO and so far has been pro-Western and pro-American. Erdogan is Islamist and wants the military to become ideologically aligned with Islamist forces, not with the west. Putin may not want everything Erdogan wants, but he surely does not want a staunch American ally on his southern border.


12 posted on 07/22/2016 4:24:02 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
1. Putin needs to restore normal relations with Turkey: trade, etc.

So is Erdogan still trying to overthrow Assad?

16 posted on 07/23/2016 8:33:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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