Do you think that a Turkish-backed Syria could win against Israel? If not, what kind of damage are we talking? Erdoğan is trying to rebuild the Ottoman empire. They already fought the US-armed and trained Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, so they're arguably better trained than Israel, because Israel only messes with countries that have little to no support and thus limited training, especially against a modern army. Iran is the closest match, but even they aren't nearly as developed. Egypt and Saudi Arabia would remain neutral, Russia might just respond diplomatically. Turkey DOES have an air force – they're a NATO state. Turkey has mobile air defenses, although not many of them. Turkey has more tanks than Israel. They also have a bigger navy than Israel. They're literally a NATO state, so they have a NATO military, NATO doctrine, NATO training, not to mention diplomacy. Not only that, but due to the Gaza war, many Israelis are leaving the country, generation z Israelis oppose fighting anyway, Orthodox IDF bans were recently lifted and there were protests on the street, Israel is already stretched thin between Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon, plus financial offsets from the Gaza War amidst international condemnation. While America loves Israel, it's still possible the US might sit out on this one. Turkey has a bigger GDP than Israel and are more efficient economically (they manufacture almost everything domestically, including their own cars, steel, textiles, electronics, weapons). Plus Turkey is planning on taking over the T4 air base in Syria right along Israel's border and make Al-Saara's Syria a protectorate).
11 posts and 3 image replies omitted.>>2568106That's not mentioning the fact that Türkiye pretty much invented drone warfare.
>>2568126Well, no. That was probably the United States.
>>2567834>(they manufacture almost everything domestically, including their own cars, steel, textiles, electronics, weapons).proof of this extraordinary claim?
>>2567834>While America loves Israel, it's still possible the US might sit out on this one. Not possible. American support for Israel extends far beyond realpolitik, shared interests or shared ideologies, it is based in religion. A very large portion of the most influential American capitalists and politicians are either Jewish or Judeo-Christian(the type of protestant that probably values Jews more than other Christians) and aggressively Zionist, either for "God's Chosen People" reasons or "Jesus will come back if we help Israel rebuild the temple" reasons. Their support for Israel is irrational and these particular elements of the government will sacrifice literally all of America's other interests to ensure Israel remains. As long as America is still significantly religious and Abrahamic, they will back Israel against any rival.
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Remember that the Christian belief system is not grounded in material reality at all, they believe that the only thing that matters is scoring brownie points with God to ensure they get into heaven, that is the number one priority in life for the most ardent believers, and for this specific type of Christian said brownie points are scored by helping the Chosen People hold onto the Promised Land. It is very much a cult and they will act like a cult.