I won’t bore readers with an explanation of how I goofed up. The prior post, which I republish below, is essentially correct—except that I quoted for background a year old story that talked about a Kurdish bombing in Istanbul rather than in Ankara. So I’m republishing but substituting a CNN article from yesterday that pertains to the current situation, before the US - Turkey aerial altercations. I took the opportunity to edit just a bit. Big H/T Commenter Jeff:
"This is simply a reminder that Erdogan’s Turkey considers that it has non-negotiable interests and ambitions, and that they sometimes conflict with those of the US." Seems like Erdogan and Putin ought to get along just fine as regards their views of national rights on the geopolitical stage:
"This is simply a reminder that Erdogan’s Turkey considers that it has non-negotiable interests and ambitions, and that they sometimes conflict with those of the US." Seems like Erdogan and Putin ought to get along just fine as regards their views of national rights on the geopolitical stage:
https://www.rt.com/russia/584125-putin-international-relations-principles/
Of course, as a practical matter, there will always be a few flies in the ointment ;)