Turkey's Russian Pivot and American Dream
| Jan 10, 2017
The
current Syrian ceasefire effort of Russia and Turkey is a Russian
attempt to impose a final political defeat on the rebels and a Turkish
attempt to focus on eliminating the Kurds in Syria militarily and
politically. Turkey is also intensely lobbying the new U.S.
administration for help. The ceasefire deal rests on the barbarism of
Russia and the Assad regime and the feckless response of the West. This
is the peace Rome imposed on the prostrate Carthage. The unanimous UNSC
vote endorsing the Russian/Turkish proposal enshrines one side’s
brutality and the other’s moral vacuum. But Turkey needs to seriously
reengage with the United States on a genuine sharing of interests if it
wants long-term security in the region. America needs to do more to
accord Turkey the influence it deserves in the region. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/turkeys-russian-pivot-and-american-dream
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