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[Paphitis]

All things point to Crimea I'm afraid.

[cypriotnado]

Germany and France are seeking agreement to use Turkish bases for operations

[Tim Drayton]

Joking apart, as the late Gunter Grass said in an interview shortly before he passed away:

Grass also discussed the rise of tensions between the West and Russia, saying Russia's long history of occupations needed to be taken into account.

"There are Russian traumas, since Napoleon, since World War II, with 27 million dead when the Germans arrived... and now the fear of being surrounded by the enemy has returned to it," he said.

"I don't say that this justifies what they did in Crimea, its unjustifiable, but we need to understand it and that is what we have to do, understand Russia," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunter-grass-warn ... 56625.html

I think the West needs to understand Russia’s concerns and back off a bit. We need good relations with Russia. I don’t want to see a return to the Cold War, let alone World War III. In fact, it is precisely this kind of siege mentality that some of the West’s actions are helping to create that makes the Russian people rally around a dictator like Putin.

[cypriotnado]

Joking apart, as the late Gunter Grass said in an interview shortly before he passed away:

Grass also discussed the rise of tensions between the West and Russia, saying Russia's long history of occupations needed to be taken into account.

"There are Russian traumas, since Napoleon, since World War II, with 27 million dead when the Germans arrived... and now the fear of being surrounded by the enemy has returned to it," he said.

"I don't say that this justifies what they did in Crimea, its unjustifiable, but we need to understand it and that is what we have to do, understand Russia," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunter-grass-warn ... 56625.html

I think the West needs to understand Russia’s concerns and back off a bit. We need good relations with Russia. I don’t want to see a return to the Cold War, let alone World War III. In fact, it is precisely this kind of siege mentality that some of the West’s actions are helping to create that makes the Russian people rally around a dictator like Putin.

Agreed, but I think the new cold war has started!

Interesting article from Alper Ali Riza in the Cyprus mail.... although alot of the freaks and facists on this forum dislike him

http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/12/02/the-b ... big-bully/

[Lordo]

it seems montenegro is the next country to join nato. putton will not like this.

[Tim Drayton]

Joking apart, as the late Gunter Grass said in an interview shortly before he passed away:

Grass also discussed the rise of tensions between the West and Russia, saying Russia's long history of occupations needed to be taken into account.

"There are Russian traumas, since Napoleon, since World War II, with 27 million dead when the Germans arrived... and now the fear of being surrounded by the enemy has returned to it," he said.

"I don't say that this justifies what they did in Crimea, its unjustifiable, but we need to understand it and that is what we have to do, understand Russia," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunter-grass-warn ... 56625.html

I think the West needs to understand Russia’s concerns and back off a bit. We need good relations with Russia. I don’t want to see a return to the Cold War, let alone World War III. In fact, it is precisely this kind of siege mentality that some of the West’s actions are helping to create that makes the Russian people rally around a dictator like Putin.

Agreed, but I think the new cold war has started!

Interesting article from Alper Ali Riza in the Cyprus mail.... although alot of the freaks and facists on this forum dislike him

http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/12/02/the-b ... big-bully/

I think Alper Ali Riza has hit the nail on the head, as usual. His comment that NATO is less likely to come to the aid of an Islamist Turkey and that Putin realises this is interesting and contentious, but if so, this is less a new cold war and more another Russo-Turkish war in the making (of which there have been plenty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... rkish_wars ).

[cypriotnado]

Absolutely but I do think it is the start of a new cold war. Look at all the sanctions, the constant airspace infringements not just in Turkey and all the rhetoric. Despite some moves ie the french ( nothing new they did the same during the last cold war) little has changed. The Russians are blaming the Americans in part for the Russian jet downing saying that they had given all info to the US abt flight paths. The US denies this and it goes on. For the moment Nato et al are sticking with Erdogan. Perhaps it will slow things down or lead to some kind of awakening in the AK party that they cannot go as far as they would like. I thought The Turkish PMs visit to the North interesting and perhaps a sign of a willingness to compromise. I think the EU/Turkey summit despite all the put downs on this forum was a big deal for Turkey

[cypriotnado]

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nato-a ... sCatID=352

Nato moves in

[Lordo]

america has no problem with supporting and protecting very religious countries. the issue is not their belief, its whether they support america in their interests. so long as erdogan policy does not change regarding serving america he has nothing to fear.

[Tim Drayton]

america has no problem with supporting and protecting very religious countries. the issue is not their belief, its whether they support america in their interests. so long as erdogan policy does not change regarding serving america he has nothing to fear.

I believe that global capital, having made large investments in manufacturing plant in Turkey, wants somebody in power they it can trust to look after its interests. And it appears that Erdoğan and his AKP are still the people they trust to do that. They don't care about a drift in the direction of islamofascism as long as their interests are protected. The main Western powers act as the proxies of global capital under globalised capitalism. So, by and large, I agree.