Eagle S, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship, which has since been detained by Finnish police
So Turkey is working alongside Russia to spy on NATO?
I didn’t get that from the article but they’ve been a bitch of a member. Always causing problems. I fear they’ll do the same if they join the EU. But maybe better kept in the corral than running wild across the pasture so to speak.
Edit to add- they disgust me by using the unstable situation in Syria to further attack the Kurdish people and the Kurdish-led multi-ethnic free democratic communities of North and East Syria. Rojava has been an amazingly resilient force for good and equitable democracy in the region. It’s a place where a woman could flee from ISIS slavery and have all their needs met, even if one of those needs is “give me a gun, I’m going to kill those motherfuckers”.
Turkey has been supplying and paying rebel groups opposed to these ideals because its autocratic government considers every Kurd a terrorist. They have been attacking wonderful accepting helpful people, using the Syrian revolution as cover.
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Does this not imply that that they were used by both Turkey and Russia?
Possibly, I wouldn’t guarantee it though. It’s like a pirate ship interfacing with a criminal organization. Just because some of them were Indian should we indict the government of India as well?
Perhaps I’m erring on the side of caution. I hate the government of Turkiye. I hate the government of Russia. I also hate the government of India although maybe they’re not as fascist?
Hell I hate my own government so fuck it maybe the US outfitted a Greenland shark with diamond blade carbon steel teeth 100 years ago and just activated the beacon to destroy the lines instead of just gnaw on them.
Turkey is a nato member on paper only. Theyre more interested in garbing a sphere of influence in the middle east as Iran falters.
This is incorrect. They are a voting member and have used their vote many times to keep countries out until they get paid off.