Dude you are full of it if you believe Turkey is a ally. During the Gulf war they stabbed us in the back for staging our forces there and here is what some other experts feel about Turkey being our ally.
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As in previous diplomatic standoffs, Incirlik, a strategically located air base just 60 miles from the Syrian border that houses 2,700 American service members, has become a key point of contention, with US officials insisting it remains strategically important. Pro-Erdoğan media outlets trumpeted those statements Tuesday.
Incirlik ?has been a symbol of our commitment to work with and help defend our ally and strategic partner for decades,? Pentagon spokesman Johnny Michaels told BuzzFeed News, adding that counter-ISIS operations out of the base continue to be closely coordinated with Turkey. ?We're fully in this fight and intend to continue to cooperate closely with Turkey.?
But some former US military leaders question that position, noting that Incirlik has become a card that trumps all others in disputes with a supposed ally that's seemed less and less of one in recent years.
?Turkey needs to know we're not held hostage by the fact that we need to have this base. We don't,? retired Gen. Chuck Wald, former deputy commander of the US European Command, told BuzzFeed News. ?It's a good place to have a base, but can we do it somewhere else? Absolutely.?
Incirlik?s strategic location has long given Turkey a ?special aura? in dealing with the US and other NATO allies which its government has relished playing up, he said.
?We?ve kind of talked ourselves into Turkey being this super geostrategic location ... that it's such a special place that we turn a blind eye on bad behavior,? Wald said. ?But they are threatening and arresting our people there, beating up people in DC, making side pacts with China and Russia, shooting at people we support in Syria ... That's not the kind of behavior you expect from a pretty strong ally.?
As relations with the US have deteriorated, Erdoğan has increasingly coordinated with Russia and Iran. Last week he also welcomed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid stringent sanctions by the United States.
