Our Friends the Turks
A useful radar deal but more Israel-bashing.
Turkey has been an American ally and a member of NATO since 1952. Sometimes it even acts like one.
The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—the popular three-term prime minister who lately has made his reputation abroad by bashing Israel and distancing Turkey from the West—agreed last week to host a powerful American radar on Turkish territory. The deal helps protect Turks and Europeans from Iranian missiles and deter Tehran's nuclear and regional aspirations.
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