• @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      14
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.

      Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.

      • ZeroOne
        link
        -72 days ago

        So you’re fine when authoritarianism benefits you ?? I am learning more & more

        • @biofaust
          link
          102 days ago

          Yes, we do, as does anyone who lives in the real world.

          I would like to see everyone stop eating anything Italian just because we have a literal fascist running the government.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          52 days ago

          Beggars can’t be choosers. There are not enough democracies around to ally oneself just with those