Trump Called Erdogan to Congratulate Him on Referendum Results, Sources Say

[Emjay]

No...its being reported by 5 different news agencies.

But hey... enjoy your denial of reality...easier than accepting the truth. 

Oh, please.

The original article only had information from Erdogan, not the greatest of truth tellers, and my post was based on that.

If Trump admitted that he did it, I will accept that truth.

Try not to be a big jerk ... at least not all the time.

[mystery-ak]

[Emjay]

Thanks, Mystery.  Why are people so dam mean here sometimes?

[mystery-ak]

Thanks, Mystery.  Why are people so dam mean here sometimes?

I just don't know....

[Sanguine]

I'm the Grizzly Federalist who just follered ya.

And, I follow you.  Oddly enough as Sanguine.

[bigheadfred]

I know...

yee naaldlooshii

[txradioguy]

Oh, please

Try not to be a big jerk ... at least not all the time.

Physician heal thyself.

[txradioguy]

Thanks, Mystery.  Why are people so dam mean here sometimes?

[Oceander]

Idiot.

[bigheadfred]

Physician heal thyself.

ho-o-pono-pono

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Physician heal thyself.

 

[Mesaclone]

Turkey is a key member of NATO and an absolutely key ally in the fight against ISIS. I'd imagine Trump and many other NATO nation leaders called to congratulate him on the voting. I'm no fan of Erdogan, but picking a fight with him given the critical geopolitical positioning of Turkey would be the height of foolishness. It is imperative we maintain a solid relationship there....if Roosevelt could stomach Stalin for the good of the planet than I'd hope Trump could manage a single phone call of congratulations to Erdogan.

[Cripplecreek]

If I'm not mistaken, at least some ISIS fighters have found refuge and medical care in Turkey while our true friends the Kurds have found themselves on the receiving end of a few Turkish attacks.

[bigheadfred]

Turkey is a key member of NATO and an absolutely key ally in the fight against ISIS. I'd imagine Trump and many other NATO nation leaders called to congratulate him on the voting. I'm no fan of Erdogan, but picking a fight with him given the critical geopolitical positioning of Turkey would be the height of foolishness. It is imperative we maintain a solid relationship there....if Roosevelt could stomach Stalin for the good of the planet than I'd hope Trump could manage a single phone call of congratulations to Erdogan.

If the truth were known I bet we would see Turkey fully involved FOR ISIS. Erdogan is going to make that place full on islamic.

[Mesaclone]

If I'm not mistaken, at least some ISIS fighters have found refuge and medical care in Turkey while our true friends the Kurds have found themselves on the receiving end of a few Turkish attacks.

The Turks are no angels and have duplicitous intentions, but we must have their facilities and access to the battlefield through Turkey...and from our bases in Turkey...if we are to effectively fight ISIS and retake Raqqa. And so we must make nice with them, at least superficially.

[Cripplecreek]

There appears to be an ongoing relationship.

[bigheadfred]

What battlefield? @mescalone

Our military presence in Syria needs to be zero. Zero.

I guess, though, if you step back and look at the big picture, our interest lies in keeping the ME embroiled in internecine strife.

[Cripplecreek]

If the truth were known I bet we would see Turkey fully involved FOR ISIS. Erdogan is going to make that place full on islamic.

You just don't understand "diplomacy". We've got to let them work with ISIS and kill our friends to achieve the goal of getting rid of Assad or something. 

[Mesaclone]

You just don't understand "diplomacy". We've got to let them work with ISIS and kill our friends to achieve the goal of getting rid of Assad or something. 

If you think that's our policy, then YOU don't understand diplomacy. Nobody works with ISIS, and we ally with who we must to defeat ISIS. Better Turkish troops on the ground fighting then our own.

[bigheadfred]

If you think that's our policy, then YOU don't understand diplomacy. Nobody works with ISIS, and we ally with who we must to defeat ISIS. Better Turkish troops on the ground fighting then our own.

Soooo...we should ally with Assad. Help him clean up HIS country.

[Mesaclone]

Soooo...we should ally with Assad. Help him clean up HIS country.

We should use him to destroy ISIS. Is he worse than Stalin?

[ABX]

Funny how our side threw a fit when Obama congratulated him on his last victory. If anything, Erdogan has gotten worse since then. A lot worse.

http://therightscoop.com/obama-congratulates-erdogan-on-his-islamist-partys-big-win-in-the-election-in-turkey/

Of course Obama congratulates this authoritarian regime. He’s probably even a little jealous of them.

But as we’ve pointed out before, Obama supports what Erdogan is doing in raising the ‘New Turkey’, otherwise known as the Grand Caliphate that will be Turkey’s reincarnation of the Ottoman Empire.

[ABX]

...and just to add a bit more flavor to this, Erdogan has been a wink and nod, if not overt supporter of ISIS.

http://www.danielpipes.org/14486/turkey-isis

Actually, the Turks offered far more than an easy border crossing: they provided the bulk of ISIS' funds, logistics, training and arms. Turkish residents near the Syrian border tell of Turkish ambulances going to Kurdish-ISIS battle zones and then evacuating ISIS casualties to Turkish hospitals. Indeed, a sensational photograph has surfaced showing ISIS commander Abu Muhammad in a hospital bed receiving treatment for battle wounds in Hatay State Hospital in April 2014.

[Emjay]

Turkey is a key member of NATO and an absolutely key ally in the fight against ISIS. I'd imagine Trump and many other NATO nation leaders called to congratulate him on the voting. I'm no fan of Erdogan, but picking a fight with him given the critical geopolitical positioning of Turkey would be the height of foolishness. It is imperative we maintain a solid relationship there....if Roosevelt could stomach Stalin for the good of the planet than I'd hope Trump could manage a single phone call of congratulations to Erdogan.

Finally !!  A sensible take on this matter.

Honestly, the only exercise some people here get is their knee jerk reactions to anything Trump does.

[geronl]

Finally !!  A sensible take on this matter.

Honestly, the only exercise some people here get is their knee jerk reactions to anything Trump does.

Erdogan is a tyrant. Period. No real different than congratulating Saddam Hussein's 100% vote.