Phil Sayers
Very well known Exeweb poster
Erdogan is absolutely playing with fire - 300 metres from sparking just about the most serious diplomatic crisis imaginable:
On the other hand instability could lead to a frenzied lashing out and ever more dangerous times.The Russian military being decimated (actually much more than decimated if using the literal meaning) and Putin's rule under threat, ever intensifying protests in Iran that do not seem like they will just quieten down and now protests in China that are directly calling for the fall of the CCP? While the cost of living crisis is a serious short-term problem and the human cost in Ukraine is heart-breaking, from the perspective of the long-term strategic interests of the West the current global situation will have quite a few smiles on faces in places like Whitehall and Langley.
While this is true I think that is less important from a Western perspective than:On the other hand instability could lead to a frenzied lashing out and ever more dangerous times.
Yes there is that but these regimes do not always behave rationally. Time will tell Where this ends up.While this is true I think that is less important from a Western perspective than:
A) The current foreign policy trajectories of all three governments put them on collision course with the West anyway.
B) If they are tied up in domestic unrest and foolish military adventures they will be less capable of advancing foreign policy goals that are harmful to the West.
Crikey, nearly spat out my coffee!... The EU is a massive force for democracy prosperity and peace. ...
I do hope that it was a good old traditional UK style coffee (Wetherspoon's finest with a dash of Devon Red cow-juice and a couple spoons of good old British Sugar. Not that fancy "continental-style" rubbish!)Crikey, nearly spat out my coffee!