Turkey and Hungary Not Invited to Biden's Big Democracy Summit Biden spurned NATO

[riversedge]

I went to Grad school with two women from Turkey in the early 20s. Both want to leave Turkey and are horrified of what is happening to their country



Scoop: Turkey and Hungary Not Invited to Biden’s Big Democracy Summit
Biden spurned NATO allies that are dismantling their democracies
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/23/biden-democracy-summit-turkey-hungary/


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Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: U.S. President Joe Biden leaves Turkey and Hungary off his invite list for a major democracy summit, Ukrainians train on Patriot missile systems in Texas, and armed Russian jets are overflying U.S. military positions in Syria.


The Biden administration is inviting around 120 countries to join its Summit for Democracy next week, but two of its NATO allies aren’t getting a call.

Turkey and Hungary have been left off the invitation list for the major summit, which Team Biden bills as one of its hallmark foreign-policy initiatives, meant to shore up democracies worldwide and stanch the rise of autocracies.

Backsliding. The spurning of two NATO allies, confirmed by three U.S. officials who spoke to SitRep, reflects a mounting concern with the degree of democratic backsliding in Turkey and Hungary, even though Washington is relying on both to support the West’s strategy against Russia as the war in Ukraine rages on—and needs both to approve Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO as full-fledged allies..................................

[Lovie777]

1. Israel...............

hopefully the support.

[hippywife]

2. I understand the reasoning, but...

seems like it could backfire.

[Igel]

3. Pissing on questionable allies

always makes them think, "Oooh, I will reciprocate the solidarity." Not.

Except the 99.99% of the time when it predictably doesn't.

Lure, not crap on. It may not work, but it's better.

It's not how humans may gut-think, but it's better.

The alt. universe?

"They don't understand me ... and don't want to."

"We don't really have the same goals as us -- or, if we do, they don't take us into account, they're the, um, master."

"They don't see us except as caricatures, in ways we don't see ourselves."

"They hate our identity and want to assimilate us."