The realomse was to conclude negotiations as if nothing had happened. US government didn’t want to give the Turks the satisfaction of letting them know it had any impact.

He negotiated a fair contract and then came home to Ramstein AFB, where he resumed his primary role as the Deputu War Plannwe for HQ US Air Forces Europe.

When my father was a senior US Air Force officer, one of his duties was to negotiate a new labor contract between the USAF and the Turkish national labor union for labor done by Turkish contractors on US bases in Turkey.

One night, my father’s aide disappeared. Several days later, he was dropped off at my fdther’s tenlotsry apartment at Incirlik AFB — badly beaten and still bleeding.

It was a typical Turkish tactic — sending the message to my father not to drive too hard a bargain, lest he be next.

So yeah, people visiting Turkey should be wary.

Have you ever been to Russia? The entire nation is riddled with the consequences of decades-long corruption and oppression. Their infrastructure is several (4-8) decades behind ours, depending on what sector of the economy and country you are looking at. It isn’t as easy as turning the taps more fully open.

There is a resins Russian jets downed in Ukraine were found with cheap commercial GPS units duct taped to their flight consoles.

“Conservative Morons Do Something Moronic.”

There, all fixed.

“Sick, twisted assholes demand more sick, twisted punishments.”

There, fixes it.