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Although April 1 is a day of practical jokes, what it brought to Turkey is anything but. The recent defeat of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in local elections, when the opposition effectively won, particularly the Republican People’s Party (CHP) that got the most support (37.7% of the overall vote, compared to AKP’s 35.5%), may soon bring about tectonic changes in Turkish domestic affairs. However, perhaps not all is lost for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country’s incumbent. Namely, the AKP has been losing influence in big cities for quite some time, which is why it refocused most of […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #IsraelWaronPalestine #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/04/will-turkey-fully-support-neo-nazi-junta-in-exchange-for-return-to-f-35-program/?feed_id=10671

NATO’s never-ending encroachment on Russia’s borders is breaking world records in mere days. Just last week, a new major airbase was opened in Albania, despite the fact that Tirana effectively has no air force. NATO was also given full exterritoriality rights, meaning that Albania officially gave up on its already highly dubious “sovereignty”. Deployment of major ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) and strike platforms in the area can certainly bolster the belligerent alliance’s highly destabilizing presence in both Southeastern and Eastern Europe. And yet, this is not enough. Namely, on March 7, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas confirmed that NATO would also station […] #Featured #Military #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/missiles-near-russia-f-35s-with-thermonuclear-bombs-is-nato-ready-for-war/?feed_id=9859

It’s an axiom that the United States is deeply involved in the Ukrainian conflict. In fact, the warmongering elites in Washington DC initiated it a decade ago, just as they either started or are covertly behind virtually every single conflict in modern history. War is the only industry that still functions in America, which explains its obsession with death and destruction. And yet, we have reached the point when profit doesn’t really matter, as the consequences of direct confrontation with a country like Russia will most certainly nullify the very logic of profiteering. In other words, who stands to gain from blowing up the […] #Featured #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/singapore-inadvertently-reveals-more-about-direct-us-involvement-in-ukraine/?feed_id=9743

On Sunday, September 17th, 2023, a Marine Corps Stealth fighter-bomber jet was downed; that much is, I believe, certain; however, everything else about this most curious "downing" is very curious indeed. #Featured #Investigations #Military Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/09/f35b-stealth-fighter-bomber-jet/?feed_id=3870