Turkey, Russia 'very close' to second missile defense deal - Turkey buying a second consignment of S-400 advanced missile defenses from Russia

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[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

warwatch? I think it could prevent war instead of causing one.
You can't bomb countries with S-400.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It shows an alliance with Russia though. Why is Turkey in NATO while simultansouely buying Russian-manufactured military-hardware? They're trying to have their cake and eat it too

[–]zyxzevn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Turkey is a key country in the conflicts in the Middle East. And its involvement is multi layered. Newsbud has some information on that (sadly most behind paywall).

With these things they try to get around the manipulations by the US (who incites coup against Turkey's president). They put pressure on Europe, by threatening to let the (1M) refugees enter Europe.

Turkey also bought oil from ISIS and let the Al Qaeda enter Syria/Iraq, and does not like the Kurds (nor the Greece).

Working together with Russia, might stop the power of ISIS and Al Qeada in Syria. And maybe lead to some peace. Which is good for the area including Turkey. And good for Europe.

But that is not what Israel and US want, and Israel is still doing many bombing attacks (even this week).

But why does the US need Syria and Iran? US needs the oil (and some other resources) to maintain the strength of the dollar.

[–]bald-janitor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good for Turkey!