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kleinbl00 · 1304 days ago · link · · parent · post: Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan devolves into war
Erdogan is pretty much banking on "They'll never kick us out of NATO." They are dix. Fundamentally they're experiencing a currency crisis (the lira has lost 2/3rds of its value since 2016), a legitimacy crisis (the supposed coup attempt hasn't been resolved) and a border crisis (the Kurds and Rojavans refuse to die while the Syria-Turkey-Russia triangle just gets dumber and more expensive). This has led to all sorts of wild-eyed performative proxy warfare. It's a pigfuck.