‘Washington using Turkey as a tool to destabilize Russia’

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‘Washington using Turkey as a tool to destabilize Russia’

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
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NATO member state Turkey seems strangely committed to keeping Islamic State going strong in Syria, thus willing to take dangerous risks in confronting Russia in the region. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail, a group of experts told RT.
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“I don’t think the Turkish government would have undertaken such an action against a military superpower like Russia without the consent of the US. It’s simply ridiculous to suggest the Turkish military would have acted alone,”O’Colmain told RT.

“So they were carrying out this attack certainly with the backing of the US,” he added.

The political analyst argues we need to look at the region in general. “Until 2011, Turkey had a policy in the Middle East which was considered quite diplomatic and progressive; it had a good-neighborly policy,” said O’Colmain.

The expert suggested that the long-term strategy of the US is to use Turkey as a tool to destabilize Russia, and that was confirmed recently by the head of Stratfor, George Friedman, who said: “In the future you’re going to see Turkey emerge as a new maritime power.”

“… You have a Turkish speaking population in Central Asia and in the North Caucasus region. So Turkey has a lot of levers to pull with Russia, and what we’re seeing with these attacks is an attempt to raise the tension with Russia,” O’Colmain told RT.

“Of course Russia is destroying the Islamic State, and Turkey needs to keep the IS going in Syria. They have been openly backing it, and that had been openly admitted by the western press,” analyst added…..More Here

 

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