No doubt the “pivot to Russia” can be exaggerated, but one cannot ignore the reasons to see the US behind the coup. The Su-24 shoot-down was one: clearly AF officers trying to force Turkey’s hand, like those involved in the coup (the pilots were arrested); that sure looks like US influence . The State Dept 51 urging military action in Syria just before the coup, and the US election warmongering and AIPAC solicitations, cannot be coincidental. Turkey has more evidence there than we, and we may hope to see some of it if the mass media are willing to print it.
Even a loss of Turkey by NATO, which seems unlikely, would be no loss to the US. NATO has been little more since 1991 than a pretext for our warmongers to pretend that offense is defense, or somehow humanitarian despite its uniformly disastrous outcomes, and the lack of any US humanitarian efforts by other means. It is long past time to wind it down to keep warmongers under control.
No doubt the “pivot to Russia” can be exaggerated, but one cannot ignore the reasons to see the US behind the coup. The Su-24 shoot-down was one: clearly AF officers trying to force Turkey’s hand, like those involved in the coup (the pilots were arrested); that sure looks like US influence . The State Dept 51 urging military action in Syria just before the coup, and the US election warmongering and AIPAC solicitations, cannot be coincidental. Turkey has more evidence there than we, and we may hope to see some of it if the mass media are willing to print it.
MOA has an article rebutting the NYT attempt to play up Russia-Iran differences here: http://www.moonofalabama.org/
Even a loss of Turkey by NATO, which seems unlikely, would be no loss to the US. NATO has been little more since 1991 than a pretext for our warmongers to pretend that offense is defense, or somehow humanitarian despite its uniformly disastrous outcomes, and the lack of any US humanitarian efforts by other means. It is long past time to wind it down to keep warmongers under control.