Golden era?
I said Eastern Europe and the Middle East. I added Turkey because Putin is slowly working his dick up that Muslim Dictator ass just like he has Trumps.
You were clueless as to wtf had been going on with Turkey and Russia.
Originally Posted by WTF
You are a sloppy dimwit who stupidly lumps large swaths of the world together in making sweeping, useless generalizations.
Of course Putin wants to regain influence the Kremlin once wielded in the former Warsaw Pact states. His invasion of eastern Ukraine makes it unlikely that will ever happen. In the Middle East, the big prize is Egypt where Russia has been unwelcome since 1973 and where Trump has wisely patched up our relations with Sisi. Putin is now in bed with Iran to shore up Assad in Syria, alienating Sunni Muslims throughout the region. If we play our cards right, this will eventually backfire on him. Turkey's Erdogan is playing his "Putin card" as leverage against us. He thinks it will make the US stop supporting the Kurds in Syria (YPF) and agree to deport opposition leader Fethullah Gulen who resides here. Neither of those things will happen. Erdogan and Putin are on opposite sides in Syria. Turkey shot down a Russian jet for breaching its airspace less than 2 years ago. Their current bromance is a historical aberration that is unlikely to last.
Frankly, I am saddened and disappointed by Erdogan. I was even hoping last year's military coup would be successful, but he purged the top echelons of the Turkish military years ago and that saved him. I once thought we could rely on Turkey to contain Sunni extremism, but now I have my doubts. Erdogan has made Turkey far less secular and democratic than it used to be.
Anyway, everyone knows you are a simple-minded simpleton who is no match for the nuances and complexity of foreign policy questions. That's why you spend your life pretending to be a know-it-all on a hooker board.