Prior to this day, I have never seen such body language between third world country officials, let alone between VP of the USA. I tried to google photos from the meeting with no luck. I screen-shotted photos from the live meeting from a Turkish youtube.
Some of these body languages (click to zoom)
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The Dynamics in this photo sums most of the meeting Biden kept his eyes fixed on the floor while Erdogan look Biden up and down in a way one would look at an unworthy person. |
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Erdogan looking at Biden the way a predator looks at its prey. |
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Aggressive stares were one way of many Erdogan maintained his dominance throughout the meeting. |
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This one is a professionally taken photo. still shows Biden in a submissive position. |
This particular meeting was arranged to discuss the potential of Turkish army to enter Syria to stop the Kurds form attacking ISIS. Turkey has had a full border with ISIS for the past foure years and has not once attacked them.
Recently Kurds have taken almost all of their border with Turkey back from ISIS except 50 KM (31Mi.) which Kurds are working on right now to take back from ISIS. and block ISIS's open way to Europe and Turkey to recruit fighters. however Turkey is entering Syria to stop Kurds from doing so.
The Syrian conflict is gaining complexity everyday. you can read more about this topic on Foreign policy or Washington Post. or straight from an American Fighter in Syria.
This video disgusts me in many ways but perhaps the biggest thing that gets me is that Biden is completely robbed of his happy cheerful nature that holds his composure through just about everything but couldn't put it together when put in a room with a lunatic barbaric human right abuser like Erdogan.
Watch the entire video for yourself if you want. I personally rather not ever watch it again.
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