Protests across Turkey against a US Navy port visit and continuing US military presence in the country have served as the most visible battleground in this new “Cold War”, with the unrest masking Turkey’s application to join BRICS and Beijing’s efforts for a new world order.
This has been the case for almost two decades now, yet they are stuck in the Middle East and cannot leave. The US is religiously tied to Israel, and is at a stage where the entire decisionmaker class genuinely believe that what’s good for Israel is good for the US.
Good for China, bad for the Middle East. But oh well, no one can choose their fate, we [Middle Easterners] certainly didn’t choose to be cursed with Israel.
Indeed, I imagine oil is also a big factor in that equation.