A bad call by Obama on Turkey
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 12:10AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Citation Post, Turkey, US foreign policy

FT front-pager on how Obama warns the Turks to change their stance on Israel and Iran or risk being denied US weapons.

This while we sell the store to the Saudis, birthplace of most of the 9/11 terrorists, and keep the pipeline open to the Pakistanis. Talk about screwed up.

This is an immature response to a maturing foreign policy.

An anonymous administration official is quoted as saying the Turks need to show that they take our national security interests seriously.

Definitely a realism deficit--on our side.

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