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A solution to end this unending savagery and madness could be to divide Iraq. Southern Iraq could form a confederation with Iran which would guarantee security of the South. Kurdish-Turkmen-Sunni Arab north could become an autonomous regions under Turkey.

That's why God send all his prophets there to sort out all trouble !

Guy, what an idiotic analysis. Completely out of line. Read again what I wrote. Lets have a civilized debate. Issue at hand - How to stop Russian advance in East Europe ? - What is required is a 2nd Front. Read and educate. Throughout centuries Europe's policy had been to support Ottoman...

You don't know a shit about war or international power play either. Only a fool makes contradictory statements without providing an alternative solution. What do you think Russians are doing in Ukraine & Caucasus ? Putin definitely is more shrewd than a key board smart pant ! Haven't seen any...

You are right. I would argue, Turkish expansion will stop the Russian land grab. Europe by and large always supported the ottomans or at least stayed neutral(to large extent) in their war against Russians.

Time to re-shape the continent. Russia is expanding (Crimea, Ukraine...next stop will be Moldova). Belarus is already a vassal. Think strategically, if Turkey expands in the Balkans that will stop the Russian land grab as the last thing they would want is to deal with enemy in the East (EU) and...

Both side won't, that is the point ! If Russia does, EU won't and vice versa. Besides sanctions would have minimum impact if the offensive in Balkan can be backed up by strong diplomacy. Sanction on Russia, Syria and many others are useless. Large land in the Balkan will compensate for any loss...

Solution does exist. Time for strategic thinking. As EU & Russia remains pre-occupied and at loggerhead with each other, time is ripe for Turkey to expand it's territory. Non EU region of the Balkan is up for grabs ! Turkey could take part of Greek Thrace, Macedonia & then take Serbia and march...

This will be a game changer in the region. When will it be delivered ? Also when will the 6 Type 214 subs join the fleet ?

Just curious how many ships does the navy has (wiki is not reliable !) ? Trend news states "Currently, some 48,600 people serve the country's navy. The Turkish Naval Forces include 215 ships and 41 naval aviation aircraft." 215 seems very high !

Does Turkish navy has any plan for a carrier (either heli or aircraft). It would make them a big regional player (Mid East & Balkans). Other than US couple of countries in EU (Russia, France, Spain, Italy etc), Asia (China,Japan, India...) & Brazil in South America operates carriers.

No need for a great air force. Just a decent one should be enough. It's only required for a counter attack. As long as you have a superb navy, counter strike can be carried out by navy as well. Watch all 4 episode below; The Golden Ocean -Empire of the Seas- How England achieve global...

Iran's concentration should be - Build an excellent navy to deter any aggression and project power beyond the region. Only navy can project power & deter attack far away from the home base. Even air power can't do much unless there are ships to carry them or bases in defferent regions to support...

US alone has 35,000 troops and nearly 40 ships deployed in the region. It will be completely foolish to provoke them. There is no shortage cheer leaders for war against Iran in the region. Deterrence through regional alliance with Iraq-Syria and others is a necessity but provocation is not. Any...

Ignorant bedouins living in the desert around the gulf spend over $100 billion in defense each year, still they seek protection from civilized NATO from other civilized races in Mid East (Iranians, Turks, Kurds, Israelis). Strange indeed. Seems they incapable to protect themselves.

Iran should form regional defensive alliance with Iraq-Syria-Lebanon to discourage any "pre-emptive" war in the region in future. Mid East had it's fair share of conflicts in the last hundred year. Only a strong alliance will deter any nation from the drum beats of launching another genocidal...

Iran-Iraq-Syria's Russian/Indigenous armament forms a good counter weight to western arms in the region namely Israel-GCC-Jordan. In future conventional wars it will be more a test of technologies rather than ideologies. Superior technology will prevail.

There should be at least an Arab NATO to stop tribes killing each other.

Seems like Navy is neglected.

Good. This is projection of power coupled with humanitarian diplomacy !