Putin's appearance on Russian TV today is another clue as to why Erdogan is no longer afraid of Putin.
Putin's appearance on Russian TV today is another clue as to why Erdogan is no longer afraid of Putin.
Is it not being afraid of Putin, or proactively preventing the Kurdish Homeland movement from gaining any more traction internationally?
There’s a lot of self interest in Turkey advocating for international law to maintain the sanctity of international borders.
Looks like he’s morphing into Soros...
Turkey/Erdogan = flip-flop pragmatist tossed in the wind. This is the same Erdogan who has actively blocked Ukraine being admitted to NATO...Who has played nice with Putin for quite a while now...(conflict of interest as a member nation of NATO?)
BAD news for Pootie! Turkey making a serious play on the side of the WEF/NATO/Democrat side.
What about the return of Northern Cyprus to Cyprus?
Turkey controls whether Russian warships can transit from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea. Russia’s easiest move here is to either buy their way past Turkey, which is in terrible economic condition, or create political chaos in Turkey. Posit for a moment that the Turkish president dies. There would probably be turmoil exacerbated by Russia. In the confusion Russia could move something like twenty-plus warships into the Black Sea. This might be enough to tip the military balance as those ships have been loitering in the area of the straits since the conflict began, just waiting for something to happen so they can move in.
Turkey may be playing with fire.
Sorry Turkey, Russia is NOT going to hand you the Black Sea. You’ll have to fight them for it, if you want it that bad.
How about Constantinople and North Cyprus to Greece?
Next, let's return Ukraine, Europe and most importantly the good old USA, from the Liberal World Order and to the people of those countries.
No matter who replaces Putin, the Russian position on Crimea will not change. Crimea is part of Russia now. A plebiscite in Crimea resulted in 85% of the residents favoring reunification with Russia.
Hilarious.
Russia purchased Crimea from the Ottoman Empire.
Since, they have buried a million soldiers there.
And stupid people think it can be taken from them.
Hi Marcus.
Allow me a question.
Do you know how many times the Crimea has changed hands in the last 300 years?
5.56mm
This evil mofo has a upcoming date with the Grim Reaper. And soon. Putin looks awful! Looks like a corpse with makeup on the face.
Sad day when the Islamist President of Turkey makes more sense than a lot of FReepers.
His eyes are hallowing... Cancer weight loss starting big time...
Dang,he looks worse than BiteMe.😲