and, i don't think that putting sanctions on the turks is very smart, either.

that means we have iran, turkey and russia all under sanctions. pushing these three countries together is the dumbest thing they could possibly do...

pushing the kurds out of syria was the right strategy. but, we don't want to be pushing for another proxy war between the turks and saudis, which is exactly what the sanctions are going to do.

i am usually in 100% diametrical opposition to the marco rubios and lindsey grahams of the world, so there's no real surprise here. but, that's my position - something needs to be done to put restraints on the turks, but sanctions are a dumb response. what putin is doing is the more intelligent approach to this...

the liberals are supposed to do better than this