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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
To deny the strategic importance of Turkey is to deny reality.
2 years ago they are shooting down Russian planes. Now they are discussing security issues.
That's a pretty hefty 180.
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Not long before shooting down the Soviet plane, Turkey was assisting Isis.
"A former ISIS member told Newsweek in 2014 that the so-called Islamic State saw Turkey as its ally. He explained that heavily armed ISIS fighters were allowed to freely cross the NATO member’s border, and “ISIS commanders told us to fear nothing at all because there was full cooperation with the Turks.”"
https://www.salon.com/2016/06/30/tur...tanbul_attack/
The Turks change sides almost as often as I change my socks.
