Turkey's territory is shaped like a wedge between the two continents of Europe and Asia. In fact, it is precisely because of its unique geographical location that Turkey is constantly oscillating between the two continents of Europe and Asia, striving to get the most out of itself.

Especially during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union were playing a global game, Turkey seized the opportunity to join NATO, which not only became the most prominent sharp knife of the West in the southern part of the Soviet Union, but also firmly held the throat of the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy -- the Bosphorus Strait. Moreover, it will take advantage of the situation to deter the Middle East and work with Israel to form an encirclement and surveillance of all countries in the Middle East.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. In order to win over Turkey, which is strategically important, NATO has not only provided a lot of economic aid, but also rearmed the Turkish army. From tanks to planes, guns and missiles, he has built Turkey into a bridgehead against the former Soviet Union and Russia.

There is a cheap not to take advantage of, of course, not in the style of the Turks. The most typical example is that the United States not only provided fighter planes, but also built a production line of F-16 fighters for Turkey, making Turkey the third largest air power in NATO after the United States and Britain!

However, the greed and arrogance of the blood did not satisfy the Turks.

The glory of the Turkic and Ottoman Empires, which still exists in the hearts of the Turks, has evolved into a majestic dream after several brews. This is the dream of a great power that Turkey is beginning to obsess!

Of course, it is a good thing to have ideals and pursuits, but if it is an unrealistic fantasy, it can only become a dream. faraway ones such as the Turks, the Huns, and the Romans; If you are close to Napoleon, Hitler, or the Japanese Invaders, who is not too hungry and too self-righteous to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat?

The glorious dream guides the direction of the struggle of the Turkic descendants, but the national factor of selfishness, ruthlessness, vanity and arrogance has become a congenital obstacle, which will directly lead to the destruction of the dream and even the overthrow of the country!

Turkey is bordered by Bulgaria and Greece to the west, the Middle Eastern deserts of Syria and Iraq to the south, and the equally tough Iran to the east. To the northeast, Georgia and Armenia, two small states emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

With the eastward expansion of NATO's influence in Europe, Turkey's military strength has increased dramatically after receiving a large amount of support, and it has long ceased to take the Middle Eastern countries that are also Islamic countries into account, and has begun to follow in the footsteps of the United States to make trouble in the Middle East and take advantage of the situation to win the greatest benefits.

But Russia, across the sea in the north, is like a hungry and ferocious polar bear, which may slap Turkey to death at any time. If it were not for the consideration of the NATO forces behind Turkey and Russia's actual difficulties, I am afraid that it would have forcibly seized both sides of the Bosphorus Strait, lifted the shackles of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and radiated the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal at the same time, so as to achieve the ultimate strategic goal of controlling the oil production areas of the Middle East.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russians could not fully recover before other powers realized this extremely important plan.

Arab Divine League.

If, according to Agad's plan, once Turkish territory from northwestern Syria to southeastern Georgia is "recovered for Allah", Turkey's strategic depth will be greatly reduced, and it will have to fight back against Bulgaria and Greece to the west, and it will have to be distracted from the powerful Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy - the Russians have never given up their ambitions on the Bosphorus!

No sooner had President Edan hung up the phone call from the commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces, Admiral McKinson, and before he could order that the Turkish army must obey the orders of the U.S. general, he received an urgent notification of a large-scale ground offensive against Turkey from Syria, Iraq, and Iran......

Although the United States and NATO have not made any military progress before, apart from causing civilian casualties in the Divine Alliance, they were beaten by the Arabs and bruised in the face. But Edan still firmly believes that the United States can achieve the final victory, so Turkey can profit from it - let the Americans blow up the Arabs, and we Turks can flash by and pick up equipment!

But the situation developed far beyond the expectations of the Turks.

On the night of 11 December, the ground forces of the Divine Alliance, under the cover of various combat vehicles and aircraft, had penetrated 100 kilometers into Turkish territory. One of the troops, from Iran, has already occupied Turkey's borders with Georgia and Armenia.

That is, on paper, the Alliance almost immediately accomplished Agade's strategic goal at this stage: to cut off Turkey's direct contact with its eastern neighbor and lay the groundwork for the next stage of ground advance.

And Ai Duan never thought that the American army and the Turkish army would be defeated so quickly! Defeated so untechnologically! Defeated without a trace of discipline!

It is completely a one-touch collapse, and it is not even as good as the Iraqi team in the first two Gulf Wars!

Some of the long-range rocket artillery sent by all the strategic air transport forces of the United States was used to tear them to pieces before they could even fire a few rounds before they were torn to pieces by the old League fighters in the air; The well-equipped US troops often retreated in a hurry under the double blow of the opponent's long-range artillery fire and aerial fighters, and basically did not carry out much defensive operations, but because they retreated on their own, the flanks of the Turkish army were exposed to the enemy...... The consequences can be imagined!

"They were actually very quiet and didn't shout any fanatical slogans." John Jones, a U.S. Marine Corps second lieutenant and survivor interviewed by CNN, later recalled:

"Because when the wind blows through these silent attackers...... Yes, they rarely stop in the position, they are literally running a marathon. Oh, they quickly crossed the positions we had set up in our haste, but then gunfire rang out. I saw my comrades twitch in the rain of bullets...... Soon, I felt only pain, like a red-hot stick poking into my body...... Then I passed out...... Yes, that's ......."

"But thank God I'm still alive to stand here......"

John Jones's story is a rehash of almost all of the few surviving soldiers, but at the end of the interview, almost all of them expressed a common outrage:

"We are miserable, yes, very confused!" Jones's image of a deep frown made him the cover of the new issue of Time magazine:

"We just want to know, where are our planes when we are being blown to smithereens, mercilessly slaughtered by the enemy? Where are our support units? Where are our artillery and missiles ?! ”

"This is a war that does not belong to the United States! Luckily, I survived......"

But for the claims of the Americans, the Turkish servicemen after the war made a very fierce refutation.

"They're shirking their responsibilities!" The Turkish officer, who was in charge of defensive operations in the Iraqi direction at that time, was extremely angry:

"Even if the enemy's artillery preparation inflicted great losses on us, it did not completely destroy our will to resist! But while the brave Turkish soldiers were fighting to the death with the enemy, the Americans exposed our weakness to the enemy! ”

"They actually chose to run away shamelessly!"

In the face of the accusations of the Turkish side, the Americans are very aggrieved and equally angry!

"Ground combat without fighter support, artillery cover, and fortified positions is not the way the U.S. Army and Marines fought – do you want to go back to that damn World War II era?"

"The United States respects life, not pointlessly risking one's own life under the enemy's superior firepower for a hopeless stupid adventure!"

The war of words between the United States and Turkey about this battle has been going on for a long time, until everyone gets tired of hearing it, and there are still people who are tired of it, but they are all historians......

Actually, no one is to blame.

The Divine Alliance was basically about to launch a second ground offensive when the opponent was about to retract its fists and was accumulating strength, when it suddenly launched a fierce attack, which directly caught the US-Turkish coalition by surprise.

What's worse is that at this time, President Eduan has not yet handed over the command of the Turkish army to the US military, that is, the US and Turkish forces are still not subordinate to each other and are fighting separately!

The most important point is the difference in battlefield support capabilities.

Before this "damn shameless attack," the United States, including Turkish fighters, did not dare to take to the skies to fight because of the threat of that mysterious small missile, let alone carry out ground support operations. Even if there were brave pilots who flew planes to participate in the war, they all ended up with a tragic end of plane destruction and death.

In this case, what other pilot wants to die?

While losing air support, the Divine Alliance's long-range artillery also destroyed all the local artillery within the range at the same time, based on accurate intelligence - really destruction, not any other adjective, which allowed the ground forces to launch an attack without any large-caliber and high-power artillery support!

So but in terms of firepower, it was simply a one-sided battle. But in reality, the United States and Turkey still have pilots who are not afraid of death to attack, some main battle tanks who resist desperately, and fearless fighters who use their weapons to carry out lethal strikes...... But all this is simply insignificant for the entire battlefield.

War is the most brutal form of human performance art, which can reflect the true faces of politicians, soldiers, and cowards, as well as the fearless sacrifice and firm belief of true human warriors.

They deserve to be called warriors!

But in the eyes of politicians, this is just a bunch of cannon fodder and stupid hats, and apart from providing an opportunity for politicians to behave in a cozy, what role can it play in this self-inflicted disaster for Turkey?

On the morning of December 13, the Arab League of God declared a unilateral temporary ceasefire because it had achieved its first phase of objectives.

But no Arab knows that a small submarine without any identity has dived to the Gulf of Kuwait!