AT 62 YEARS OLD, THE TURKISH PRESIDENT HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL MAZE AND HAS ASSUMED THE REIGNS OF POWER. YOU DO NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR IN A COUNTRY LIKE TURKEY WITHOUT BEING TOUGH AND PRAGMATIC. NOW WHATEVER DESIGNS HE HAS ON DOING MILITARY COMBAT WITH RUSSIA SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WEIGHED WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING SO. RUSSIA WILL NOT HESITATE TO DEPLOY BATTLEFIELD NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE TURKS SHOULD KNOW THIS AND BE AWARE OF THAT REAL POSSIBILITY.
IT'S TOO BAD THE RUSSIANS INTERJECTED THEMSELVES IN SYRIA, BUT AS YOU RECALL, THE SAUDI ARABIANS WANTED AN AMERICAN INVASION TWO YEARS AGO AND WERE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A MILITARY EXPEDITION. SYRIA IS A PRIME PIECE OF REAL ESTATE. IT HOLDS VAST RESERVES OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL AND IS A TRANS-OCEAN SHIPMENT POINT FOR THOSE FUELS AS WELL AS A CRUCIAL PLACE FOR INTERNATIONAL FUEL PIPELINES TO RUN THROUGH THAT CARRY FUEL SUPPLIES TO MARKETS WORTH 100'S OF BILLIONS A YEAR.
IF THE TURKISH PRESIDENT WAS GETTING A BACKDOOR COMMISSION FROM SOME SWEETHEART DEAL HE ARRANGED WITH THE COMBATANTS AND THAT FLOW OF MONEY ENDED NOW WITH RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT YOU CAN BET YOUR ASS HE'S PISSED! BUT ACCUSATIONS ARE FLYING NOW HE MATERIALLY SUPPORTS ISIS AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF OTHER MUSLIM EXTREMIST GROUPS.
HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN POWER AT HOME BY CLAMPING DOWN ON THE PRESS AND STIFLING DISSENT. HIS REGIME HAS BECOME EXTREMELY AUTHORITARIAN AND ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIM MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO END UP IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF HIS MANY SPIES AND POLITICAL OPERATIVES. THOSE WHO DO STAND A HIGH CHANCE OF BEING RUBBED OUT, LITERALLY.
WELL WE WILL SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES WITH TURKEY AND RUSSIA. BUT TURKEY WOULD BE ILL ADVISED TO ESCALATE ANY TENSIONS WITH RUSSIA. IF THEY MUST CAPITULATE, THEN THEY MUST CAPITULATE. THE ALTERNATIVE IS TOO RISKY.
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