U.S. State Dept. hopes Turkey will help with Iran

[Chosen Daughter]

U.S. State Dept. hopes Turkey will help with Iran
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
11/07/2019

Turkish President Erdogan to visit Washington on November 13.

US officials who view Turkey as America’s natural ally are heading a State Department delegation to Ankara that will seek to work closely with Turkey on a Turkey first track for the US, hoping to put recent controversies behind US-Turkey relations and ignore continued clashes in Syria. 

The pro-Turkey elements at the State Department are jazzed that US President Donald Trump has left part of northern Syria and they hope a new era in Ankara-Washington relations might be opening. The crowning achievement will be a successful visit by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Washington on November 13 to meet US President Donald Trump.

The US officials are heading off to Turkey soon, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. This will include Special Representative for Syria Engagement and anti-ISIS envoy James Jeffrey who will arrive in Turkey on November 8. Jeffrey will meet with members of the Syrian opposition who are allied with Turkey as well.

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-State-Dept-hopes-Turkey-will-help-with-Iran-sends-delegation-to-Ankara-607103

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(Edited down to three paragraphs, rules are rules) 😎

[Absalom]

Great nations have neither allies nor friends; the simply have interests;
as Palmerston wisely observed.
But a buffoon like Trump as well as our morons at State, remain oblivious.
A hundred years ago, Mustapha Kemal, emerged following the Great War to
show the Turks there was a pathway for them to emerge from their dark past.
But sadly w/his passing in 1938, Turkey has continued to regress; re-embracing
its backward and intolerant history.
As the Turks can't even help themselves; they are hardly of any use to us.

[TomSea]

This writer, Seth Frantzman is excellent in all of his articles,  a go-to reference. He has his own website, something like Sethfrantzman.com

https://sethfrantzman.com

Yes, that works.