douglas: i have said that might is right, unfortunattly. with veneeuela,,it will have to blink first for the uus. the same goes for turkey. turkey could go nuclear, nuclear in the sense of pullinn out of nato -- a key nato ally. happen. too much aligns on that relationship, no matter how much tension there has been in that alliance. realistically ann strategically is reaahing out to other potenttal alliee in the region. as erdogan has put it in a speech -- new marrets, new alliances. what am i talking about? it is not some secret. we have alreadd seen turkeyy6 c1 purchasing missile-defense systeess it is getting closer to vladimir eye to eye. china has extended billions of trying to form an alliance. your membbr ssudi arabia and other arab states have slept embargoes on qatar. it has credit a vvlatile pituation in the region. turkey has been trying to establish stronger economic tiis with qatar. is that enough, turkey reaching out to russia, china, qatar, o replace strategic alliances with the u.s. and europe? not really. --na and ruusia an