Russia and Turkey tango in the Black Sea
By M K Bhadrakumar

atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JI12Ag01.html

Thus, Turkey has ingeniously come up with the idea of a “Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Pact”, whose main virtue would be, to quote Turkish commentator Semih Idiz, to “provide Turkey with the option of remaining relatively neutral in this dispute, even if this was not to everyone’s satisfaction in Washington”. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Moscow on August 12 to discuss the proposal with the Kremlin. Idiz adds, “Put another way, Ankara is not in a position to take sides in this dispute, at a time when a new ‘East-West divide’ is in the offing, even if it is a member of NATO.”

Time to wake up! 9/11 newsreels and silly leftist derangement are fine, but the world does not go on vacation when we do. Denounce Turkish perfidy (“neutral” while working with Les Russes?) and Russian manipulation of Ukrainian politics. ( …and drink Georgian wine!)