@omnimatter YOU DESERVE A GOLD STAR! How ‘handy’ is all this, I ask you!
The Turks were obviously made an offer or a promise that TPTB thought they couldn’t refuse, but they did. Like in The Godfather, “Another favor isn’t asked if the first is refused”. The quake, IMO, was Turkey’s horses head.
And look what else was accomplished. The path of the quake damage aligns almost exactly with Belt and Road. Nevermind demolition, that’s taken care of now. They’ll let the Turk knaves clean it up, then it will be used and or taken by numerous forces. Who’s going to give Turkey the money for such clean-up & rebuilding if The West objects? …Nobody… Except possibly, Russia?
They just might make their way all the way to Jezreel (Megiddo).