Erdogan ended up winning the runoff for the Turkish presidential election handily, easily defeating the US/NATO candidate—after barely missing an outright win in the first round. Which raises the question: What accounted for that near miss in the first go round?
I sense things are starting to unravel fairly quickly in Ukraine. Budanov… i mean Heydrich hasn’t been seen or heard from since the big Kiev blast a few days ago. Advances in Kharkov region appear to be easy picking.
NATO troups got their asses handed to them by Serbians in Pristina a couple of days ago so now NATO is sending in more troups. Not much about it in the news but things are tense in Eastern Europe and I wonder if the build up of troops is going to continue.
expect Erdogan 2.0 to remain an inextinguishable source of irritation for the neocons and neoliberals in charge of US foreign policy, along with their EU vassals, ...
Whatever happens next, Erdogan will not hop on board the sanctions-against-Russia sinking ship. The Kremlin bought Turkish bonds tied to the development of the Russian-built Akkuyu nuclear power plant, Turkiye’s first nuclear reactor. Moscow allowed Ankara to postpone nearly $4 billion in energy payments until 2024. Best of all, Ankara pays for Russian gas in rubles.
So an array of deals related to the supply of Russian energy trump possible secondary sanctions that might target the steady rise in Turkiye’s exports. Still, it’s a given the US will revert to its one and only “diplomatic” policy – sanctions. The 2018 sanctions did push Turkiye into recession after all.
But Erdogan can easily count on popular support across the Turkish realm. Early this year, a Gezici poll revealed that 72.8 percent of Turkish citizens privilege good relations with Russia while nearly 90 percent rate the US as a “hostile” nation. That’s what allows Interior Minister Soylu to remark, bluntly, “we will wipe out whoever is causing trouble, including American troops.”
Europeans & Neocons will really be upset if Trump (or RFK) wins and begins unwinding from Nato. Justification is 1) SW Border security, 2)Defense spending must be reduced. Troops are heading home from Germany. Nato will collapse (should have been wound down in 1990's when Wall came down). EU will be forced to deal with the Green agenda BS and eastern European companies(mentioned above) will be heading to the exits. Guessing Russia will be pushing it's own economic union, along with BRICS.
In trying to forces this Ukraine war, the Neocons have got caught bluffing as the pot has grown very big. With no reverse gear, they've gone "all-in" and are going to have to show their weak ass hand. Because of the US behavior (ie. Idiot Lindsay Graham), there will be no mercy shown.
Then we get to Biden's wheelhouse....lying about reality reinforced by Narrative Media.
I sense things are starting to unravel fairly quickly in Ukraine. Budanov… i mean Heydrich hasn’t been seen or heard from since the big Kiev blast a few days ago. Advances in Kharkov region appear to be easy picking.
Ya think China’s not watching how Russia carved up NATO proxy war armaments and methods?
Maybe his candidacy will serve a purpose after all--beyond the Covid hoax:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rfk-jr-calls-mature-conversation-ukraine-us-lying-us
NATO troups got their asses handed to them by Serbians in Pristina a couple of days ago so now NATO is sending in more troups. Not much about it in the news but things are tense in Eastern Europe and I wonder if the build up of troops is going to continue.
Short excerpt from a long article:
https://thecradle.co/article-view/25429/the-sultan-20-will-heavily-tilt-east
expect Erdogan 2.0 to remain an inextinguishable source of irritation for the neocons and neoliberals in charge of US foreign policy, along with their EU vassals, ...
Whatever happens next, Erdogan will not hop on board the sanctions-against-Russia sinking ship. The Kremlin bought Turkish bonds tied to the development of the Russian-built Akkuyu nuclear power plant, Turkiye’s first nuclear reactor. Moscow allowed Ankara to postpone nearly $4 billion in energy payments until 2024. Best of all, Ankara pays for Russian gas in rubles.
So an array of deals related to the supply of Russian energy trump possible secondary sanctions that might target the steady rise in Turkiye’s exports. Still, it’s a given the US will revert to its one and only “diplomatic” policy – sanctions. The 2018 sanctions did push Turkiye into recession after all.
But Erdogan can easily count on popular support across the Turkish realm. Early this year, a Gezici poll revealed that 72.8 percent of Turkish citizens privilege good relations with Russia while nearly 90 percent rate the US as a “hostile” nation. That’s what allows Interior Minister Soylu to remark, bluntly, “we will wipe out whoever is causing trouble, including American troops.”
Europeans & Neocons will really be upset if Trump (or RFK) wins and begins unwinding from Nato. Justification is 1) SW Border security, 2)Defense spending must be reduced. Troops are heading home from Germany. Nato will collapse (should have been wound down in 1990's when Wall came down). EU will be forced to deal with the Green agenda BS and eastern European companies(mentioned above) will be heading to the exits. Guessing Russia will be pushing it's own economic union, along with BRICS.
In trying to forces this Ukraine war, the Neocons have got caught bluffing as the pot has grown very big. With no reverse gear, they've gone "all-in" and are going to have to show their weak ass hand. Because of the US behavior (ie. Idiot Lindsay Graham), there will be no mercy shown.
Then we get to Biden's wheelhouse....lying about reality reinforced by Narrative Media.
I suspect that the off ramp for Biden from the war in Ukraine is the debt deal. He will blame the Republicans.