Chinese Takeout Defense

The title itself is chock full of win.  And the Turks are an interesting case of trying to find a third way in international defense politics.  With Turkey's constant contortions between the west and Islam, between secularism and religious society, and now between American and Chinese weapons manufactures, Turkey probably sees itself as an independent actor growing on the world stage.  What may happen, though, especially seeing as the Chinese crap doesn't work any better than the American Patriot missile boondoggle, is that Turkey may find itself backed into a diplomatic corner and forced to choose the West or the East.  If the East is chosen, with Chinese-backed defense and economy and a fundamental Islamic government in charge, Turkey may crumble back into third-world chaos, while, if the West is chosen, the fundamentalist Muslim assholes may destabilize the democratic government, allowing the society to fracture and ending Turkey as nation.