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If US needs allies so desperately that as a claimed leader of democracy is willing to ignore dictatorship regime, cronism within ruling family (I don't mean the

If US needs allies so desperately that as a claimed leader of democracy is willing to ignore dictatorship regime, cronism within ruling family (I don't mean the guy responsible for this program but all the rest), semi-open support for ISIS in recent past (buying oil, treating wounded, supporting arms), massive human rights violations, atrocities against kurdish population, invasion of sovereign state(s) without any reason and generally huge misalignment of core values and mentality between US and Turkey, then I'd say... US is pretty fucked in near future and in very, very weak position. Turkey is a major threat to basically all its neighbors, and if their greed will continue to rise (and there is no reason to think otherwise with current leadership), Europe should consider it as a bigger threat than Russia with Putin. The relatively brief period when Turkey wanted to have peace with Europe is gone. I hope EU countries will realize that military spending needs to be increased and armies put back in good shape. It would be huge waste of money in other times but these days peace seems more and more fragile. Bullies only understand strength talk.

f0xytr0xy 5y ago
The EU kimd of screwed Türkiye. Turks took in 4 million syrian refugees and promised not to let them go to europe in exchange for billions of euros which were never delivered. Now Turkiye has had about 4 million syrian orisonwrs for 6 years and is about to absorb at least a million Afghanis. Turks cant even visit the EU withoit showing their entire Cvs (notarized and translated), financial statements, proof of Turkish housing and proof of education. Meanwhile westerners only have to use an app to get a $20 evisa. The eu are incredibly hypocritical when it comes to Türkiye. It wasnt so long ago that England tried to steal all of Turkiye, luckily ataturk whooped their colonial asses and sent them home with their limey tails between their legs.
- EvilEy3 5y ago
  > Turks cant even visit the EU withoit showing their entire Cvs (notarized and translated), financial statements, proof of Turkish housing and proof of education. > Meanwhile westerners only have to use an app to get a $20 evisa. Gee, I wonder why.
  - f0xytr0xy 5y ago
    It’s not like turks have invaded western wurope, stolen all of their cultural treasures and put them in museums in ankara. Cant say the same for brits, french or germans. Half of our heritage is in berlin, paris and london. Europe has sent far, fsr more terrorists to turkiye and suria than turkiye has sent to europe. Maybe y’all should deal with the afghani refugee this time. We’re tired of cleaning up colonial messes.

f0xytr0xy 5y ago

The EU kimd of screwed Türkiye. Turks took in 4 million syrian refugees and promised not to let them go to europe in exchange for billions of euros which were never delivered. Now Turkiye has had about 4 million syrian orisonwrs for 6 years and is about to absorb at least a million Afghanis. Turks cant even visit the EU withoit showing their entire Cvs (notarized and translated), financial statements, proof of Turkish housing and proof of education. Meanwhile westerners only have to use an app to get a $20 evisa. The eu are incredibly hypocritical when it comes to Türkiye. It wasnt so long ago that England tried to steal all of Turkiye, luckily ataturk whooped their colonial asses and sent them home with their limey tails between their legs.

EvilEy3 5y ago
> Turks cant even visit the EU withoit showing their entire Cvs (notarized and translated), financial statements, proof of Turkish housing and proof of education. > Meanwhile westerners only have to use an app to get a $20 evisa. Gee, I wonder why.
- f0xytr0xy 5y ago
  It’s not like turks have invaded western wurope, stolen all of their cultural treasures and put them in museums in ankara. Cant say the same for brits, french or germans. Half of our heritage is in berlin, paris and london. Europe has sent far, fsr more terrorists to turkiye and suria than turkiye has sent to europe. Maybe y’all should deal with the afghani refugee this time. We’re tired of cleaning up colonial messes.