Unsurprising intervention

Erdogan together with some dude bro

Turkey´s president Erdogan wants to broker a peace agreement between Russia and the Ukraine. I´m not surprised. While Turkey is a NATO member, the authoritarian nationalist and semi-Islamist Erdogan (who had his, shall we say, disagreements with the United States) has relatively good relations with both Putin and Zelensky. 

If succesful, perhaps he could look forward to another 10 years in power, who knows? And since Biden, at least implicitly, doesn´t want to defend the Ukraine against Russia in case of an actual shooting war, giving Erdogan the green lights to mediate in the conflict might be an option. In return, the old Turkish fox (or is it wolf) will probably demand certain security guarantees from the US administration, such as "don´t try to overthrow me again"...

And yes, the article linked to below has a bizarre headline.

"Turkey´s Erdogan desperately seeks role in Ukraine mess"