rinbaum on Nostr: Like him of hate him, Erdogan in Turkiye is the GOAT as far as handling a situation ...
Like him of hate him, Erdogan in Turkiye is the GOAT as far as handling a situation where one has control over a resource that is coveted by far more powerful entities on either side.
Like Ukraine, Turkiye is a decently profitable country on its own, but has either a horseshoe or an albatross in that it owns something that the world's most powerful countries want: Crimea in Ukraine, and of course the Bosporus/Dardanelles in Turkey. In both cases, the property is essential to the defense of Russia, but because of the importance to Russia, of course the west wants to control them in order to thwart the Russians.
Unlike Z, Erdogan has expertly played the two powers against each other without ever siding unilaterally with one side or the other. Turkiye gets military help and defense pacts with both sides in case of aggression by the other. Erdogan maybe a horrible dictator and a sociopath, but he sure knows how to play the game.
Z is a n00b and a sucker, which is exactly why Nuland and her coven wanted him to take over. Like an idiot, he fell for the US line and out himself directly in the crosshairs of Mother Russia, for militarily (if not morally) justifiable reasons. Now he is pwned by the USA and Ukraine is gone.
IMO, the whole thing is a giant "school play", but my guess is that Erdogan is going to go down last. :)
Like Ukraine, Turkiye is a decently profitable country on its own, but has either a horseshoe or an albatross in that it owns something that the world's most powerful countries want: Crimea in Ukraine, and of course the Bosporus/Dardanelles in Turkey. In both cases, the property is essential to the defense of Russia, but because of the importance to Russia, of course the west wants to control them in order to thwart the Russians.
Unlike Z, Erdogan has expertly played the two powers against each other without ever siding unilaterally with one side or the other. Turkiye gets military help and defense pacts with both sides in case of aggression by the other. Erdogan maybe a horrible dictator and a sociopath, but he sure knows how to play the game.
Z is a n00b and a sucker, which is exactly why Nuland and her coven wanted him to take over. Like an idiot, he fell for the US line and out himself directly in the crosshairs of Mother Russia, for militarily (if not morally) justifiable reasons. Now he is pwned by the USA and Ukraine is gone.
IMO, the whole thing is a giant "school play", but my guess is that Erdogan is going to go down last. :)