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Turkey to fast track bill to send troops to Qatar.
Cnbc ^ | 6/7/2017 | Staff

Posted on 06/07/2017 10:35:57 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded

Turkey's parliament is expected to fast-track on Wednesday a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, officials from the ruling AK Party and the nationalist opposition said.

The move appears to support the Gulf Arab country as it faces diplomatic and trade isolation from some of the biggest Middle Eastern powers.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: centcom; erdogan; iran; isis; islam; israel; middleeast; muslim; qatar; russia; saudiarabia; shia; sunni; turkey; turkishtroops; wot; ww3
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To: SJSAMPLE

“You may leave here for four days in space....”


21 posted on 06/07/2017 11:13:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Germany just voted this week to pull out their troops from Turkey’s bases as well.....

Erdogan has been boxed in in many respects......and we know he gave the order when visiting here for his thugs to go after the Kurds who were protesting.

HE’s making many enemies and doesn’t care as he’s trying to hold onto his caliphat......how close is Erdogan now to Russia?...they’ve been spatting back and forth over Syria and other issues for awhile.

The biggest heads up was the Islamic invasion into Europe I think.......and the breaking down of the EU....Brexit and such.....there’s ore yet to get in place before things are where they need to be.....I suspect we’ll be out of here by then.


22 posted on 06/07/2017 11:39:00 AM PDT by caww
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To: BenLurkin

23 posted on 06/07/2017 11:39:40 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

New alignment is forming:

Sunni block #1: US, Saudis, UAE, Israel, Egypt.

Sunni block #2: Turkey, Azeris, Qatar, AQ/Muslim brotherhood.

I assume Hamas is in #2 too.

Wow.


24 posted on 06/07/2017 11:46:38 AM PDT by mvonfr
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To: mvonfr

Indeed. Last time I saw a realignment of this scale was when he UT Longhorns switched conferences!


25 posted on 06/07/2017 11:54:30 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("We won't free our guns but be sure we'll let the triggers go.")
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To: VanDeKoik

Turkey is a NATO member in bed with Russia and Iran that is moving troops into Qatar during the Saudi threats. Sure seems like a somewhat big deal to me.


26 posted on 06/07/2017 12:13:36 PM PDT by enduserindy (I always smile when my competition doubles down on stupid.)
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To: mvonfr

Block 2 you forgot Russia and Iran. (Yes I know they aren’t Sunni. )


27 posted on 06/07/2017 12:16:02 PM PDT by enduserindy (I always smile when my competition doubles down on stupid.)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

I guess this struggle will push/pull Qatar and Turkey either to side with the West, or against it - no more playing both sides.

Qatar is first.


28 posted on 06/07/2017 12:51:43 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: VanDeKoik
“This is starting to resemble the run up to World War One.” Not really. People tend to exaggerate about these things way too much.

Well said. If not for hyperbole some folks would not have much to say.

29 posted on 06/07/2017 12:56:59 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: FatherofFive

Well, the US has a significantly large military base in Qatar, so it might not be that easy.


30 posted on 06/07/2017 1:20:59 PM PDT by onona (i don't know what the reticent is)
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To: BeauBo
I guess this struggle will push/pull Qatar and Turkey either to side with the West, or against it - no more playing both sides. Qatar is first.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bingo

31 posted on 06/07/2017 1:23:48 PM PDT by onona (i don't know what the reticent is)
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To: Eyes Unclouded
I'm no fan of the Saudis but if the Turks are ramping up the war with our large trading partner, should be just maybe consider kicking Turkey out of NATO?
32 posted on 06/07/2017 1:56:23 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Sam Gamgee

I’ve long since lost track of factions in that part of the world. Ramp up nuclear power and domestic hydrocarbons and the only thing of strategic interest becomes the Suez canal. Except of course Israel. Something tells me they can handle themselves.


33 posted on 06/07/2017 2:36:27 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("We won't free our guns but be sure we'll let the triggers go.")
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To: FatherofFive

Yes, and get the US the hell out of there. The threat to us is Islam here. We need to ban Islam, close mosques, deport Muslims, and let them have their perpetual wars there. Bring US troops home and put them on our borders. There are no good guys in any Muslim country, so why are we wasting our good people fighting for any of them?


34 posted on 06/07/2017 3:24:53 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Free Constantinople


35 posted on 06/07/2017 3:26:10 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: GraceG

Kick the Palistinians out of Gaza and West Bank.


36 posted on 06/07/2017 5:52:07 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

Get Turkey the F’ out of NATO! Yesterday!


37 posted on 06/07/2017 5:54:24 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: VanDeKoik; CMB_polarization
I agree with CMB. These fast moving crises - pulling in different alliance blocks - are very ominous.

The same point was made, back in May 2017 by a highly placed Australian military man:

Former defence force chief Chris Barrie says the world is on a countdown to war and a ­“complacent” Australia will not be ready when it comes.

Admiral Barrie warned that Australia had been involved in “proxy wars” in Afghanistan and the Middle East in the past two decades, but the potential flashpoints for international-scale con­flict reminded him of the build-up to World War I.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/australia-is-sleepwalking-to-war-admiral-chris-barrie-warns/news-story/96c762fca72da26a34a909d12239a1c6

38 posted on 06/07/2017 6:50:21 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Yes indeed. Turkey should have been kicked out of NATO when it engaged in aggression against Syria. And again when it opened its borders for ‘refugees’ to transit to Europe (against international conventions - allowing people to cross borders without visa documents.)

But it is not too late. Kick them out now.


39 posted on 06/07/2017 6:52:13 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

Really about to kick off if the Turks come in.


40 posted on 06/07/2017 7:12:22 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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