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  • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

    Empty-headed saber-rattling in 5, 4, 3...
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    • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

      1,000 years of European borders in 3 minutes or so
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      • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

        Gentlemen, start your engines.

        Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was seriously wounded in a shooting Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey's official Anadolu news agency reported.
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        • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

          More from Ankara. If you were hoping it was something non-political like a bad break up, well, nah.

          The Russian ambassador to Turkey has been seriously wounded in a shooting at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey. The gunman reportedly announced “we will make you pay for Aleppo” before attacking the ambassador. CNN Turkey is reporting that the ambassador, Andrey Karlov, is in critical condition and that two others were wounded.

          Relationships between the government of Turkey’s autocratic leader, Recep Erdoğan, and that of Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladmir Putin, were already tense. Turkey has provided support to rebels against the autocratic leader of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, while Russia has been Assad’s strongest supporter. With the direct help of Russian air and ground forces, Assad’s government has been able to push back rebels that had captured significant portions of the country and seemed poised to topple the Assad government.

          Rebel groups supported by Turkey captured the town of Dabiq from ISIS in October. Members of some of the same groups were among those shelled and bombed by Syrian forces in eastern Aleppo. Turkey’s support of rebel forces while Russia has been actively working with Assad has brought their militaries into near conflict several times.
          Well, at least they have a history of peaceful relations...
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          • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            Gentlemen, start your engines.
            It would be very easy for Turkey to be the flashpoint for some seriously bad shat.

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            • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

              Not having American forces in Syria looks like a godsend right now.

              I had no idea Turkey's longest land border is with Syria. I would have guessed Iraq, which is actually third, Iran's being a bit longer. Georgia, Armenia, Greece and Bulgaria round it out, all of them of non-trivial length.
              Last edited by Kepler; 12-19-2016, 12:16 PM.
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              • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                Originally posted by burd View Post
                It would be very easy for Turkey to be the flashpoint for some seriously bad shat.
                Lovely. Just in time for Donald Trump to be inaugurated. WWIII is no longer an infinitesimal chance in the next four years.
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                • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                  Ruh roh, the Ambassador has been confirmed dead.
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                  Originally posted by bigblue_dl
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                  Originally posted by Kepler
                  When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                  He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                  • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                    Watch this space for developments.
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                    • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                      RT now reports shooting near US embassy in Ankara.
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                      • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        Watch this space for developments.
                        RT is the Russian state-run media, right? Is their tagline really "Question more"?
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                        Originally posted by bigblue_dl
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                        Originally posted by Kepler
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                        • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          Watch this space for developments.
                          If you're Turkey do you close the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait?

                          If I'm V.V., I'm warming up the Black Sea Fleet and whatever is in the Med. Sabre rattling and Russians don't turn the other cheek.
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                          • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                            RT is the Russian state-run media, right? Is their tagline really "Question more"?
                            They're Putin TV. It's Fox-Moscow.
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                            • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                              Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              If you're Turkey do you close the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait?

                              If I'm V.V., I'm warming up the Black Sea Fleet and whatever is in the Med. Sabre rattling and Russians don't turn the other cheek.
                              No. Hell no.

                              You don't fan the flames. That would basically be pleading with Russia to turn you into South Crimea.
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                              Originally posted by Kepler
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                              • Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

                                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                                If you're Turkey do you close the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait?

                                If I'm V.V., I'm warming up the Black Sea Fleet and whatever is in the Med. Sabre rattling and Russians don't turn the other cheek.
                                The last thing Putin wants is an overt war. He is getting what he wants by covert means. An outright confrontation would also expose Russian military tech as P.O.S.

                                I expect Vlad to make a very flowery "statesmanlike call for calm," while on the back-channel playing the ice cube / lit match game with Erdogen.
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