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I need ur take on s400 acquisition in turkey, Geopolitical cel

I'm pretty bog-standard in my opinion when it comes to it, I think.

It was a massively fucking bad move on Turkey's part, and it's now impossible to integrate them into the F35 program because its not worth the Russians being able to somehow get any sort of info on its capabilities. F35 is, for all its faults (and there are quite a few, even if it's largely overblown), the most advanced aircraft ever created and will be for some time, it's not something you can risk the Russians getting info on that would give them ideas on how to counter it.

Erdogan is probably doing this as a political gesture as he is quite boastful about his defiance towards the West (or, at least as defiant as an ally could be) and wants to assert his countries independence. I don't know enough about the political situation in Turkey on whether this will be a good political move for him (I suspect it'll go well with hardcore nationalists, but not many others), but I do know that his grip on power is starting to loosen, especially in his home city (Istanbul, the capital) after he tried to subvert the democratic election there. With luck, more pro-Western/pro-NATO/pro-Democracy opposition will be able to use this to gain a stronger standing.

Turkey is a fairly shitty country, their democracy is extremely fragile and weak, and their current government is a fucking disaster, but they are still an important strategic partner. Additionally, I think there is still hope for Turkish democracy, which is something extremely rare in the Muslim world, so it's important not to alienate them too far unless it is unavoidable. We need to strategically distance ourselves from Turkey in some ways because of this, but still make it clear they are full members of the NATO alliance and do our best to work towards mending the relationship. Considering the growing weakness of the current regime it may be possible to work with more amicable partners in the near future, but if we react too harshly now than we may squander that potential chance.

One thing I will say is that I don't know much about the canceled plans on them buying Patriot missiles from the US that didn't pan out to say if Turkeys grievances were justified there. Even if Turkey has a point, I still think that they would massively be overplaying the slight.

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I will say this, I think it's fair to call the Russian regime a 'gangster' regime, it is in a lot of ways. It is a corrupt, authoritarian, and often violent regime and a large amount of power is put into a fairly small group of people. That said, a lot of the implied aspects of them being a 'Mafia' are bullshit. For one, Putin isn't a fucking mob-boss who has total control over his 'family', the dude may be the leader and he may have a shitton of power, but he is still limited by group rivalries, elements on the system he doesn't have the power to change or subvert, and public opinion (something he doesn't have total control over, despite /r/politics claims).

Second, Mafias are portrayed as only interested in money and power, that isn't really true of the Putin regime from my perspective. Sure, they want money and power but there is more to Putin than that. He is more complex than the Saturday Morning Cartoon Villian he is made out to be. It's not apologizing for him, just pointing out that he is a complex person with complex motivations and absolute authority doesn't rest in his hands.

Lastly, lmao about assassinating Kim. I fucking laugh at Chappos when they think China and NK have some sort of leftist solidarity 😂😂😂 BITCH, Daddy Xi doesn't care about Rocketman's Hereditary personality cult, they just don't want NATO and the US on its fucking border, let alone 5 million refugees flooding in 😂😂😂 and /r/politics "What do you mean they have artillery pointed directly at Seoul, they're poor lmao there's no way they can afford that".