Monday, February 06, 2017

Turkey: The Crucial Anti-ISIS Ally That Trump … Forgot? - The Daily Beast

Turkey: The Crucial Anti-ISIS Ally That Trump … Forgot?
An effective war on the so-called Islamic State requires close coordination with Turkey, but Trump hasn’t yet bothered talking to its president.
Roy Gutman

02.06.17 1:50 PM ET

ISTANBUL — Donald Trump has picked fights with most of America’s closest allies and upset the world with his visa suspension for seven Muslim-majority stories. He’s also rattled sabers at North Korea and Iran. But for Turkey, a NATO ally on the front lines of the fight against ISIS, his biggest offense may be that he hasn’t bothered to call.

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