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Making this a top comment, on why: They kind of got embarrassed by the Turkish navy, as they got 'checked', while trying to blockade the Turkish aid to one of

Making this a top comment, on why: They kind of got embarrassed by the Turkish navy, as they got 'checked', while trying to blockade the Turkish aid to one of the Lybian factions. The Lybian civil war is a war were there are no good vs bad guys, just different factions. The French backed one is losing. Also with the Turkish vs. Greece conflict, France sided with the Greeks, yet they realized they couldn't help much as if a conflict was to happen near Turkish shores they would lose, and Turkey would be able to inflict massive loses. TLDR: France doesn't have real power projection capabilities. France realized their navy is not up to par. It is like a lap dog that is all bark, but doesn't have any power to bite, and they would lose political soft power as well: After Turkish incident, France suspends role in NATO naval mission https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-france-nato/after-turkish-incident-france-suspends-role-in-nato-naval-mission-idUSKBN2425IY https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-france-nat... France blasts ‘extremely aggressive’ Turkish intervention against NATO mission targeting Libyan arms https://www.france24.com/en/20200617-france-blasts-extremely-aggressive-turkish-intervention-against-nato-mission-targeting-libyan-arms https://www.france24.com/en/20200617-france-blasts-extremely... Turkey beats the french in Libya’s war // The U.N. dithers and Russia withers while Erdoğan flexes his Islamic muscle https://www.amimagazine.org/2020/07/15/turkey-beats-the-french-in-libyas-war/ https://www.amimagazine.org/2020/07/15/turkey-beats-the-fren...

akmarinov 6y ago
Why not bring in their current carrier to project power? It’s not like Turkey has better stuff and their economy is in the toilet, so they can’t afford better stuff.
- ardit33 6y ago
  If the war/battle were to happen in an open sea/ocea, turkey would lose. But the current disputes are all near shore, and turkey does have major home advantage as they can field missiles anywhere near shore. The french would lose. It is like open pitch battle vs. storming a castle. You need at least 3x the men of the defenders, to be able to defeat a well defended castle.
greatpatton 6y ago
why do you need to post 3 times the same Turkish laughable propaganda?
- gregoriol 6y ago
  Thanks for saying what I was thinking! This looks much like spam..
- ardit33 6y ago
  it is not (I am not turkish, and don't have any sides with either party). People were asking on why the french are doing it. I gave a geopolitical reason.
ggrosbois 6y ago
That's not quite accurate. France did not reply to an act of war from an allied nation (turkey is part of nato). The turkish navy had a radar lock on a French ship. It is not easy to know if a radar lock is guiding a missile or not: in general it is assumed to be the case and the locked ship will fire in response before being hit. Erdogan is playing with fire with such tactic, and did similar things in the air between turkish f16 and greek air force, even suggesting to find a way to shoot down a greek jet in a way where the pilot could eject.

akmarinov 6y ago

Why not bring in their current carrier to project power? It’s not like Turkey has better stuff and their economy is in the toilet, so they can’t afford better stuff.

ardit33 6y ago
If the war/battle were to happen in an open sea/ocea, turkey would lose. But the current disputes are all near shore, and turkey does have major home advantage as they can field missiles anywhere near shore. The french would lose. It is like open pitch battle vs. storming a castle. You need at least 3x the men of the defenders, to be able to defeat a well defended castle.

greatpatton 6y ago

why do you need to post 3 times the same Turkish laughable propaganda?

gregoriol 6y ago
Thanks for saying what I was thinking! This looks much like spam..
ardit33 6y ago
it is not (I am not turkish, and don't have any sides with either party). People were asking on why the french are doing it. I gave a geopolitical reason.

ggrosbois 6y ago

That's not quite accurate. France did not reply to an act of war from an allied nation (turkey is part of nato). The turkish navy had a radar lock on a French ship. It is not easy to know if a radar lock is guiding a missile or not: in general it is assumed to be the case and the locked ship will fire in response before being hit. Erdogan is playing with fire with such tactic, and did similar things in the air between turkish f16 and greek air force, even suggesting to find a way to shoot down a greek jet in a way where the pilot could eject.