• Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Sadly of course, Erdogan is just posturing to appear as the tough guy. He doesn’t have the support base to start a war with a peer military.

    • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      From my armchair geopolitical analyst. Turkey is one of the few countries still talking with both side. They have more to win, by the place where peace negotiations occur than by being a party in the war.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Hardly. If Russia fucks around with turkey again, turkey will shoot down a few more Russian jets… like they did last time.