"The real issue is what the US will do about this ( ISIS-Turkey oil trade ) it is quite obvious the Turkish tail has been wagging the American dog for far too long”, Foreign Affairs Editor Srdja Trifkovic.

‘No way West was unaware of ISIS-Turkey oil trade’

Published time: 2 Dec, 2015 17:01Edited time: 2 Dec, 2015 17:04

 

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan © Umit Bektas / Reuters

 

 

What will be the reaction of Ankara’s Western allies following Moscow’s revelations that Turkey is involved in ISIS oil smuggling, RT asked experts.

 

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The evidence presented by the Russian Defense Ministry will be “partly ignored and distorted” by Western MSM, says Foreign Affairs Editor Srdja Trifkovic.

“I think that Erdogan will scream ‘blue murder’ and claim that this is all a set-up and a reaction to what he calls ‘justified downing of the Russian plane’. The real issue is what the US will do about this. Because it is quite obvious the Turkish tail has been wagging the American dog for far too long,” he said.

“My hunch is that the US will continue to be reluctant to really do something about it. They have had a chance to do so for 15 months prior to the beginning of the Russian air strikes on September, 25. The question of all questions is whether Erdogan will finally be pressed by his Western partners to shape up and to act like a civilized person, which unfortunately he is not,” Trifkovic told RT.

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