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SIGNYM

Monday, March 22, 2021 9:27 PM

Well, bad for Turkey.

How is this relevant to the USA?

Turkey has no significant trade with the USA, so economically it's a wash. Many Turkish businesses have taken out loans in USA dollars, so I suppose there is a financial risk to the lenders there, but certainly not as big a risk as ... say ... China.

Militarily, Turkey has the largest army in NATO.
It hosts a USA airbase (Incirlik) which, at one time, probably had nuclear warheads positioned there, but after the (USA'S?) attempted coup against Erdogan, those nuclear warheads have prolly been removed.

It was a partener of convenience in the USA's attempt to depose Assad and destroy Syria- and meddle in the mideast in general- since it shares a large border with Syria, and smaller borders with Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan. and Georgia.

It also importantly controls entrance to the Black Sea because it straddles the Straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.

So if the USA wants to intefere with Syria, it has to do so from Jordan, Israel, or Iraq.

In other words, militarily, it is an important piece of the USA's interference in the Middle East but, frankly, I don't know what the fuck we're doing in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, etc. We have a commitment to protect Saudi Arabia (from Israel, of all places!) as part of our petrodollar agreement but that's about it.

Turkey is significantly more important to the EU, since it controls one of the major migrant pathways into Europe.

Altho, again quite frankly, if the USA hadn't destroyed Afghanistan, Libya, and Iraq and is attempting to destroy Syria, the EU wouldn't be facing such a migrant crisis.

Such is the nature of blowback.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, October 25, 2021 5:47 AM

Turkish lira hits record low after Erdogan seeks expulsions

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-lira-hits-record-low
-after-erdogan-seeks-expulsions-2021-10-24/

and yet the islamist promoting jihadi conspiracy idiot Erdogan is still so popular?

Turkish lira weakened to new a record low against the US Dollar in early Asian trade after President Tayyip Erdogan said he had ordered expulsion of the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries.

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, December 17, 2021 8:55 PM

Stock Market Collapsed?

Lira’s decline hangs over Turkey’s people
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/12/13/liras-decline-hangs-over-turkey
s-people/

Turkey suspends stock trading as currency strain spreads through markets
https://www.ft.com/content/e564829f-d381-4482-8dcb-100c6b9f8a0f

Erdogan intervenes after Turkish lira sinks to lowest level against dollar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/erdogan-intervenes-after
-turkish-lira-sinks-to-lowest-level-against-dollar

Turkish currency crashes to new record low
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/271965292/turkish-currency-crashes
-to-new-record-low

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, December 17, 2021 9:14 PM

Can't wait to hear what fat, useless Cenk and his Communist crew at TYT have to say about it.

They'll probably blame it on Trump.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, January 30, 2025 6:38 PM

Canadian consumers call for boycott of American made food in light of tariff threat

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/canadian-consumers-call-for-boyc
ott-of-american-made-food-in-light-of-tariff-threat/

SIGNYM

Friday, January 31, 2025 4:45 AM

Well, that's fair.

The USA AFAIK is the only nation that applies, or attempts to apply, secondary sanctions on other nations. When there were no alternatives to USD/SWIFT, we could get away with it. But it sure built up a lot of bad karma.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

AMERICANS SUPPORT AMERICA

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, January 31, 2025 4:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Canadian consumers call for boycott of American made food in light of tariff threat

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/canadian-consumers-call-for-boyc
ott-of-american-made-food-in-light-of-tariff-threat/

I wish good luck to all 15 of them.

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, February 9, 2025 7:18 PM

Japan faces Trump's reciprocal tariffs on farm goods and autos

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Japan-faces-Trump-s-reciproc
al-tariffs-on-farm-goods-and-autos

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, February 10, 2025 1:44 AM

Trump Slaps Colombia With 25% Tariffs, Sanctions in Migrant Dispute
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-slaps-tariffs-sanctions-colomb
ia-193311606.html

Trump and Trudeau hold call after US president delays Mexico tariffs
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8d90v1m6qvt?post=asset%3A13f2a31e-163f-
4008-95a3-f0a1bbbfc43d

Trudeau reveals when Trump got serious in annexing Canada conversation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3282916/trude
au-trump-canada-annexation-conversation/

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, February 10, 2025 1:45 AM

‘What the hell is going on?’: Costco shopper catches people panic-buying eggs—they were gone in 10 minutes
https://www.dailydot.com/news/costco-eggs-gone-10-minutes/

Trump tariffs: China's tit-for-tat levies on US set to take effect
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8d90v1m6qvt?post=asset%3A13f2a31e-163f-
4008-95a3-f0a1bbbfc43d

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