Turkey

Biden begs Turkey for their “useless” S-400 systems

May 9, 2023 by Ian Kummer

Here’s a bit of funny news for you all. Remember those “bad, useless, inferior ruskie” S-400 systems Ankara bought back in 2019? Remember how the USA responded with a temper tantrum and kicked Turkey out of the F-35 program and stole their money? Well, now Biden is begging Ankara for those same systems so they can be sent to Ukraine. The Turks, however, refused.

Do Armenians Support Russia?

February 28, 2023 by Ian Kummer

This is a question I wrote an answer for on Quora, and decided to share it here as well. I’m far from an expert, but I just visited Armenia a couple of months ago. Before answering some questions, here are some facts about Armenia and Russia: Armenians and Russians have a lot of political, cultural, … Read more

Who Is Behind the Istanbul Bombing?

November 15, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Turkey has rejected the American embassy’s condolence message, and western media is weirdly silent about the whole affair.

Former US Ambassador to Kiev named five options for “How to Stop Moscow and Russian troops”

April 18, 2021April 16, 2021 by Ian Kummer

JMTG-U Honors Ukrainian Armed Forces Day with Ambulance Turnover Ceremony Former US Ambassador to Kiev named five options for "how to stop Moscow and Russian troops"

As pretty much everyone who doesn’t live under a rock already knows, the U.S. and NATO has pledged support to the nationalist government of Ukraine during the current standoff with Russia. Steven Pifer, former diplomat and avid warhawk, has proposed five courses of action. They’re hopelessly insane.