US Foreign Policy 3.0: We're The Mets of International Diplomacy

[RaceBoarder]

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They're still in NATO, right?

Yes.

 

[aparch]

Yes.

And Ergodan has called upon NATO to assist with their "Syria Problem."

Ironic how the US withdrawal could cause the US to go back into Syria, only this time so former co-workers can kill each other...

 

[aparch]

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Oh also this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He was a Virginia resident, with American kids. The U.S. government going to do anything with this information or nah? <a href="https://t.co/78Nzz5uE5U">https://t.co/78Nzz5uE5U</a></p>— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1183825377573117952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kepler]

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Word on Twitter this afternoon is that the US stores 50 nuclear warhead missiles on the Turkish controlled Incirlik Airbase, because they are (were?) our ally.

Seems their return to US control might be in jeopardy...

https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1183780957066842119

I thought that was the chip JFK used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis? IIRC we removed missiles in Turkey in exchange for Russia dismantling the Cuban launch site.

 

[rufus]

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Oh also this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He was a Virginia resident, with American kids. The U.S. government going to do anything with this information or nah? <a href="https://t.co/78Nzz5uE5U">https://t.co/78Nzz5uE5U</a></p>— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1183825377573117952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

How much cash has Khashoggi given to Trump?

So no, I'll guess nothing will be done. Just as Dimwit Donnie seems completely unconcerned with all those ISIS members escaping from Syrian prisons.

 

[aparch]

I thought that was the chip JFK used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis? IIRC we removed missiles in Turkey in exchange for Russia dismantling the Cuban launch site.

I would imagine that the did comply, but in the almost 60 years since, probably negotiated to put some back, especially with how many conflicts in the region since the 80's?

 

[ticapnews]

Yes.

You never know these days. Things happen quickly.

 

[burd]

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I would imagine that the did comply, but in the almost 60 years since, probably negotiated to put some back, especially with how many conflicts in the region since the 80's?

Aviano was a major base in the most recent Balkan wars, but Turkey must have been used as well, though that would have been a much trickier situation for the Turks.

 

[aparch]

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So nice of us Americans to leave our abandoned military base half stocked for the Russians to have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5dyWr7NAhY

 

[French Rage]

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So nice of us Americans to leave our abandoned military base half stocked for the Russians to have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5dyWr7NAhY

I'm sure Sic can tell us all about that one time Obama didn't dot an "i" or something.

 

[aparch]

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So, going back to the issue of the "We may have accidentally abandoned 50 nuclear missles" problem... FOX Fu**ing News of all places is reporting that Turkey is now holding those missiles hostage because:

Erdogan has previously expressed a desire to boost Turkey's nuclear arsenal.

“Some nations have missiles with nuclear warheads — not just one or two. But [they say] I should not have missiles with nuclear warheads. I don’t accept this," Erdogan said

Trump's BFF everyone...

 

[aparch]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Honestly it's hard to construct a better metaphor for the Trump administration than the fact that the United States is now bombing its own military bases.</p>— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) <a href="https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/1184642427610718209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kepler]

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Woof.

With great pride and voluminous sucking-up, Pence announced a 120-hour "cease-fire" agreement with Turkey, during which time the United States will "assist" Turkey’s Kurdish targets in fleeing the region Turkey is attacking. In other words, Kurdish forces, their families, and others have five days to withdraw from their own homes, after which Turkey will control the region. It is unclear where those forces are expected to retreat to. Pence's announcement amounts to an agreement for Turkey to ethnically cleanse a Turkish-demanded "safe zone" with the United States’ approval, and possibly its assistance.

In "exchange" for a cease-fire agreement—an ultimatum to Turkey’s Kurdish targets to withdraw, or else—Pence announced that the United States "will not impose further sanctions" on Turkey for its assault.

In other words, it's a complete capitulation.

Fast forward 15 years as Kurds set the charges around the base of the Hoover Dam.

 

[aparch]

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Our great negotiator-in-chief. Amazing.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Woof.
Fast forward 15 years as Kurds set the charges around the base of the Hoover Dam.

How much of this has to do with us leaving 50 nukes behind?

GIVE THEM BACK!!! PRETTY PLEASE!

I have this mental image of Putin and Erdogan throwing them back and forth over a crying mike pence.

 

[aparch]

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LOL isnt that great? Not a peep about those...

 

[aparch]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ceasefire reportedly didn’t last a day. <a href="https://t.co/QQxPaGM5IY">https://t.co/QQxPaGM5IY</a></p>— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1185146272875008003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[bronconick]

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Somewhere in a grave the dust that was once Chamberlain is laughing maniacally.

 

[ticapnews]

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Somewhere in a grave the dust that was once Chamberlain is laughing maniacally.

...and then he heard about the Kurds...

 

[Kepler]

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...and then he heard about the Kurds...

Dead Churchill picks up phone to Dead Kitchener, yells "quick, get me fifty thousand dead Australians!"