It is the first time I see them talking so honestly. I’ll share my impressions from the talks I had in Washington and explain how relations are deteriorating.
Aren’t you also fed up by the efforts of American and Turkish officials to not reflect outside tension, while the biggest tension in Turkish-American relations in recent memory is going on because of the Syrian issue?
A scandal has erupted between two allies, the U.S. and Turkey. On a speech delivered on Oct. 2; U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had mentioned Turkey’s relations to organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is known as a tactless figure in the U.S. press. But not even his telephone apology to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will change the historic nature of his speech at Harvard University.
Since the hostages are now free, we can start talking about the epicenter of the business: How the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was formed, how it became a structure after Mosul, its financial sources, and its ideology.
The short term reason behind Turkey’s unwillingness to support the fight against ISIL might be hostages. But there is a deeper problem
Turks are saying, “There are hostages; my hands are tied.” Americans are saying, “These manslayers are massacring a citizen of mine every week but we do not stop the operations.”
