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8. No

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 06:21 AM

Dec 2015

If we can use the CIA and other covert agencies for "regime change" in countries that pose no threat to us, maybe it's time we started trying to do it in countries that might actually benefit from it. I don't know Saudi Arabia, but Turkey has a LOT of friends of America there. Many Turks have studied in America. My last year in college in Pennsylvania, the Turks WERE my best friends there. The most recent woman president of Turkey was a Harvard alum. Work with the good people there, and try to have them in place when the populace gets tired of the dictators.

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Should we cut ties with Saudi Arabia and Turkey? [View all] darkangel218 Dec 2015 OP

What does "cut ties" mean? (nt) Recursion Dec 2015 #1

Stop regarding them as "allies". darkangel218 Dec 2015 #2

That would mean kicking Turkey out of NATO Recursion Dec 2015 #3

Yes. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #4

EDIT: I'm open to the idea Recursion Dec 2015 #5

I'm pretty sure that if the US proposed to kick Turkey out of NATO, darkangel218 Dec 2015 #6

Our western elites are in bed with the oil sheiks. CJCRANE Dec 2015 #7

+1. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #10

No DFW Dec 2015 #8

Turkey is fueling ISIS!! darkangel218 Dec 2015 #9

Because Erdoğan is a religious nut case DFW Dec 2015 #11

So far Erdogan is ruling the state. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #12

We can't invade Turkey. We have to work with the local opposition. DFW Dec 2015 #14

Both countries have proven to be complicit in Islamic extremism romanic Dec 2015 #13

Both are rogue states IMHO CanonRay Dec 2015 #15