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Former German FM: Turkey Might Acquire Nuclear Weapons To Threaten The West
 The article is in German. I'll summarize the part about former FM Sigmar Gabriel's remarks. The rest of the article is about the German domestic political debate re aid payments to Turkey.[Welt] Gabriel says that it is in Europe's and Germany's own interest to make every effort to keep Turkey as part of the West. If not, a politically isolated Turkey might acquire nuclear weapons in the long term. Germany and Europe must send a clear signal that they will not participate in Donald Trump's effort to economically destabilize Turkey. The US is applying sanctions to push an economically damaged nation over the cliff. This is impermissible conduct amoong NATO allies. In a Turkey distancing itself from NATO nationalist forces would acquire nuclear weapons to make themselves invincible - just as in Iran and North Korea. Sigmar Gabriel is a close associate of former chancellor Schroeder, who is Erdogan's closest ally in German mainstream politics. During Gabriel's tenure as FM in 2017/18 he was criticized for being to accommodating, if not subservient to Turkey. IMO Gabriel is relaying a direct message from the Erdogan regime. Erdogan does not yet dare to openly threaten the West with nukes so he's using a deniable channel. Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-08-20 |
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