Thread by @sfrantzman

Thread: Those who believe the destructive war against poor Armenia was about hurting Iran have bought into the narrative of Ankara entirely...there is zero evidence Iran was harmed by a war that basically harmed Armenians and Azeris...if anything Iran gained again.

The theory that all the minority groups in the Middle East have to be attacked by Ankara and its extremists and that somehow destroying Afrin...Armenia...Sinjar...hurts Iran is built on nonsense and gratuitous support for violence against innocent people.

Notice how the Ankara regime media never critiques Kataib Hezbollah, Hezbollah, Badr or Houthis...none of Iran’s real allies. We are constantly being lied to that Ankara “opposes Iran”...it doesn’t. It is allied with Iran and Russia.

Ankara’s attacks on places like Afrin, support for war against Armenia and other invasions have driven numerous countries closer to Moscow begging for protection...the West doesn’t “win” when Ankara attacks...the West always loses because no countries in region see West help

Armenia wanted protection from attacks, Afrin wanted protection...people in Sinjar war protection...none of them have been helped by the West empowering Ankara via NATO with impunity for endless invasions and attacks

The last years of Ankara’s threats against Greece, against Israel, hosting extremists, invasions, has all eroded the US and Western role in the Middle East, Ankara’s goal is to carve up and partition with region with Russia and Iran and remove US and influence, isolate Israel

The greatest scam is this theory they all these Ankara-backed invasions, often with silence or complicity of NATO, has helped the US, West or cause of human rights or anything in the region...in the opposite it has rapidly increased a Turkey-Russia-Iran conquest and harmed West

If Ankara is allowed more and more invasions, I guarantee that Iran and Russia will continue to gain. Arguing that Ankara’s extremism is good for the US...is like arguing that Mussolini and Germany’s invasions in the 1930s were somehow good for the UK and “against Russia”....

People have to understand they authoritarian religious extremist or fascist regimes are not an ally of the West or US, they only appear to be until they grow stronger. They are an ally of adversaries and they work against humanity rights, democracy and US allies.

The harm done to Armenia doesn’t empower the US or Israel or set a positive trend. All it did was let Ankara and Russia partition another landscape, another Libya, another Afrin, Idlib, Sinjar...systematic weakening of global order, and US and human rights etc

If one wanted to oppose Iran then oppose Hezbollah, and Badr and militias in Iraq and the slow digestion of Albukamal and those areas; notice Turkey NEVER does that, it never opposes Iran’s militias...because it wants to divide the region WITH them as a far-right religious ally

Turkey and Iran will soon coordinate policy against Israel and other states where they vow to “liberate Jerusalem”...they want to partition a few more countries and weaken what remains where they don’t control yet. Azerbaijan’s victory didn’t set back Iran, it did help Baku.

Never believe that a war against peaceful people has to be launched to “hurt Iran” because attacking random places that empowers Ankara will never harm Iran because it’s never directed against Iran’s armed proxies...just poor people in Afrin, Armenia etc #think

There is a phrase "trust but verify", when Ankara tells its anti-Iran friends in DC "we are against Iran," let's verify this: Turkey's pro-government media doesn't critique Iran, Turkey doesn't condemn Iranian-backed militias...Turkey AND Iran support Hamas...

No verification

There is zero...no...nada...none...evidence that Ankara's current regime opposes Iran. We will see that it supports the US re-entering the Iran deal...and that its main opposition in the region is to US allies like Israel, UAE, moderates, etc.

Every time Turkey wants a new invasion it says "Iran Iran" to some and "terrorists" to others...and "international law" to others...but it's just about Ankara's power, and often supporting authoritarian, religious extremists. Not "against Russia" which it buys S-400s from...

One of the problems with the pro-Turkey narrative is that it's always Ankara asking others to do things...it's never a back-and-forth...so it's always Israel must do X, Greece must do Y, UAE must to this, Armenia that, Iraq this, US do Z...never "and Turkey will withdraw" etc...