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To: Jim Robinson

Oops, things may heat up fast:

No longer the obedient NATO ally, Erdogan floats nuclear option

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3787986/posts

CNN ^ | Mon October 21, 2019 | Tim Lister
Posted on 10/21/2019, 4:39:44 PM by MinorityRepublican

(CNN)It’s no secret that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees his country as the pre-eminent Muslim power in the Middle East. He regards his vision of political Islam as competing with that of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He frequently accuses the United States of trying to belittle his country, and ruminates about a “greater Turkey.”

But does Erdogan believe that Turkey has the right or need to acquire nuclear weapons to cement its status? Last month the Turkish leader suggested as much, saying that “some countries have missiles with nuclear warheads, not one or two. But we can’t have them. This, I cannot accept.” He went on to single out Israel, saying: “We have Israel nearby, almost as neighbors. They scare others by possessing these. No one can touch them.”

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3 posted on 10/21/2019 4:44:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

We need to abandon Incirlik Air Base and remove the nukes as we leave.


8 posted on 10/21/2019 4:48:51 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Jim Robinson

That is being pushed by CNN. As a mouth piece for the Deep State they actually want us to go to war with Turkey.


21 posted on 10/21/2019 4:59:33 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Jim Robinson

Turkey should be given nukes.

We’ll let Slim Pickens deliver them.


29 posted on 10/21/2019 5:26:42 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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