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The president of the European Parliament followed up his "we support the democratically elected government" tweet with another tweet condemning that same govern
by pluma 10y ago
The president of the European Parliament followed up his "we support the democratically elected government" tweet with another tweet condemning that same government's actions following the failed coup, so that already happened.
I'm also not sure how realistic losing Turkey as a NATO member is. They are in a strategic position that makes it worth to put up with most of their nonsense.
- karpodiem 10y agoThey are well on their well to caliphate that will be a hotbed for anti-western sentiment/anti-secular sentiment, so I fail to see how they are a strategic partner.
- caf 10y agoAs long as they control the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait their strategic position remains very valuable.
- karpodiem 10y agoIt's 2016 - Russia is not the enemy in a world of extremism. Granted you can legitimately harp on Russia for free speech/human rights abuses, but America is no shining example here either. America is fraying, because it's largely ruled by its own set of oligarchs and the marginalized populations are lashing out.
- drjesusphd 10y agoThis feels like Old World thinking.
- caf 10y agoI think you may be underestimating just how Old the World is.