a huge part of the problem is....turkey is a nato ally. i've been saying for years that it would come back to bite us in the ass. and this was all prior to prez maga, of course. he's had to pick and choose his battles, i think...getting the eu countries to pony up their fair share of their nato dues was a his first battle.

brexit happened just in the nick of time; erdogan is poised to open the gates on 5 million of "they're not sending their best."