Dude, either you're trying to provoke by making stupid comments or you really are a bit dense. We don't need to close down incirlik. it's a freaking base that NATO is also using, and under the NATO, US is using it. so the more you use it the more you're dependant on Turkey. Of course we know that the US is establishing alternative bases to lessen how much they use Incirlik, but you know just as well as I do, that a base like Incirlik that has been the primary base for actions isn't abandoned that easily.
Second of all, why should we leave NATO when we're an important ally. Europe needs Turkey in NATO, US might not, but then again US pretends it can be everywhere at once, but without allies you'll be overstretching your supply lines and when shit hits the fence you'll need a save place to withdraw too.
The current situation is due to US still using old cold war politics. But We as the turks here in the forum are hoping that those old school politics will be broken apart. we're not interested in being kept in the old school politics. Because those policies don't benefit my country in the long run, but only as long as we're so called good allies.
Our own defense industry's improvement and hopefully making us independant of US and EU supplies we'll be able to change the geopolitics of the middle east with allies who're interested in reshaping it to something more lasting and peaceful. But these things take time, and while we're moving with big steps in the right direction, the geopolitics in the ME are also moving along. So while Isis, US, YPG, Assad, Russia are all vying to split ME apart, it's paramount for Turkey to find stakeholders who're interested in coexistance. Iraq hopefully is moving in the right direction. I don't agree that Turkey took that negative stance against Assad, but RTE had grown a big head at some point, but now I hear they're willing to work with him if he is reelected fairly.
If RTE and AKP had been more constructive instead of damning Assad, we'd have a much better position politically. Remember RTE and Assad even talking and shook hands and such. We could have used good relations as an excuse to move in and stop the terrorists who have grabbed what they could and YPG expanded their influence. Now Russia is saying nations who're not invited by assad should **** off. Well invitation by mayors and govenors from each city in syria could count as an invitation since Assad aren't considered ruler anymore once he started bombing his people.
Still the US cooperating with the YPG terrorists have been what diminished our alliance to a few words, and a piece of paper. Remember it takes two to tango, so unless you are able to look at your own country and be critical of how they **** up their allies, you'll only be a provocateur who aren't even worth talking to.
just my opinion.
