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Xolodno

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18. Erdogan got played....hard.

Reply to Devil Child (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 11:21 PM

Feb 2020

He thought he could regain an old slice of the Ottoman Empire...maybe even have some influence with Putin's blessing in Damascus. Whoops.

And with him also deploying into Libya, he's stretching his military a bit thin....no doubt making some Greek generals salivate a bit.

Plus, nice section of the Cyprus Island you got there, be a shame something happened to it.

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