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Even now, after a seven-decade long U.S./Turkish strategic alliance, the Pentagon still does not understand Turkish politics. For years the Pentagon has been wrong when dealing with Turkey.

I remember in 1974 when Turkey invaded Cyprus, the U.S. media reported that, “U.S. Misread Turkish Intent” In 2003 when the second Iraq invasion took place, the Pentagon wanted to renew the Turkish railroad system in southeastern Turkiye, with the intent of the U.S. to invade Iraq from the north. In addition, the Pentagon sent its warships to several Turkish ports with the intent of sending its troops through Turkiye to Iraq.

What happened?

Another wrong assumption on the part of the Pentagon. The Turkish parliament refused to allow U.S. troops to pass through Turkish soil to reach Iraq.

What was the U.S. response?

In retaliation the U.S. Special Forces entered a Turkish unit domicile in Iraq as a friendly ally. They then turned their guns on the Turkish troops and put hoods overs their heads and drove the Turkish troops through Suleymania City in Iraq.

But this affair has not yet been settled. I assure you in the future there will be a similar incident that will take place. This time U.S. troops will be humiliated.

In the 1970s the Richard Nixon Administration asked Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to stop growing opium in Turkiye because the drug epidemic in the U.S. was overwhelming. After two years of honoring that request, Turkiye resumed growing opium, which it had been doing for centuries for the purposes of pharmaceutical needs.

These are but a few of the numerous examples that exemplify why the Pentagon does not and will not try to understand Turkish politics.

Another glaring example is the Pentagon’s continued support of terrorist units against Turkiye. But this mistake will soon be ending. Actually, it is already happening. Turkish intelligence is already taking down U.S. supported PKK/YPG higher echelon members. This action is frustrating the Pentagon because it takes years to train a someone to attain a top a leadership position. After that, the leader becomes the Turkish target. There are but a few PKK/YPG leaders left, and even they are on the run. 

The man behind Turkish intelligence is Hakan Fidan, who has been running Turkish intelligence/MIT for the last thirteen years. Because of him hundreds of Mossad agents in Turkiye have been captured and deported, similarly Iranian agents have also been deported.

As for the CIA in Turkiye? They are a different breed. CIA agents are all State Department employees, and they are not as free to roam around in Turkiye as they have been in the past. Hakan Fidan has been instrumental in upgrading MIT so much so that he has gained respect in the world, particularly in North Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucuses.

Hakan Fidan has just been appointed as Turkiye’s new Foreign Minister, making him a U.S. State Department equivalent. What that means is Turkiye’s foreign policy is now heading toward becoming a global power. Hakan Fidan has already received many congratulatory messages from his counterparts in the U.S., the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Israel, and Russia.

Now why are all these nations so interested in one man’s appointed post? These nations acknowledge that Turkiye is no longer controllable by outside forces. In the 21st Century Turkiye is becoming a world power.

Israel and certain factions within the U.S. are the most disturbed by Hakan Fidan’s new post. Israel sees itself as no longer a power in the Middle East. The Pentagon and other factions in the U.S. have never been happy about Fidan’s first post as the head of Turkish Intelligence. They are even more concerned now.

Other nations such as France are not happy either. Turkiye has been throwing France out of Africa through Hakan Fidan’s orchestrated political movements beginning when he was head of TIKA. That was before he was appointed to MIT head.

As for the Pentagon, when the U.S./China conflict begins in full force, they will abandon the PKK/YPG as they did in Afghanistan leaving 85 billion in weapons behind.

As the second largest member of NATO, Turkey’s importance as a world power will continue to become clear as a world power.