of all of the stupid things trump does, actually siding with the saudis against the turks will likely be the dumbest.

i mean, it's one thing to stand back and let them destabilize each other, or even create the instability that does it.

but, to actively pick the side of the weakling saudis over the powerful turks is just simple stupidity. that is a war that is over before it starts.

"but, the saudis buy more weapons..."

right now, maybe, sure. in the long run? and over the last hundred years? and in the next hundred?

there's a powerful critique of capitalism in picking short term profit over long term geostrategic stability, isn't there?

the russians will clean up the mess, in the end.

and, this is potentially historic - because it is potentially stable. a turko-russian alliance has the potential of very deep integration.