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Turkey suddenly open to RESTORING ties with Israel, REFUSES to criticize Israeli election
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Posted on 04/02/2015 6:13:15 AM PDT by cotton1706
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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Foreign countries are realizing that Obama will be gone soon but Netanyahu will not be. And as politicians will do, they shift to accommodate new realities.
To: cotton1706
The Sunnis are coming around while the Shia rampage on their home turf.
Lots of refueling locations now for the IAF.
Hussein Baraka is pissed.
I like that.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:18:27 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: cotton1706
Genesis 12:3King James Version (KJV)
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:20:40 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: cotton1706
IMHO, Erdogan is trying to be the big man of the mid-east. He was bashing Israel to gain favor with the Palenistinians. However, the world is growing bored of the Palestinians as the walk away at the 11th hour on every âpeaceâ deal. Now that the PLO has aligned with Hamas in Gaza (another stupid 11th hour move), Erdogan has to work with Israel against Iran and the Shia/Shiite crescent movement.
To: cotton1706
The idea of Iranian middle east hegemony probably has Turkey worried. And Israel probably offered them a pretty good deal.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:21:32 AM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
(Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
To: Personal Responsibility
The reality is setting in that despite Obama and his Iranian aide’s best efforts, the Jews aren’t going anywhere. The Ottoman Empire will not be restored.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:24:07 AM PDT
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cotton1706
(ThisRepublic.net)
To: Personal Responsibility
Still sleep with one eye open.
To: cotton1706
The Turks know they are going to need Israel’s intelligence support - if not other support - if they go to war against Iran.
To: cotton1706
I wonder if a day sitting in the dark enlightened them?
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:31:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
(He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
To: cotton1706
How many countries publicly bash Israel and behind the scenes make nice with them?
More than a few.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:32:14 AM PDT
by
JPG
(The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
To: 11th Commandment
Edrogan is a psycho and should not be trusted.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:33:34 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: jsanders2001
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:37:14 AM PDT
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Personal Responsibility
(Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
To: Personal Responsibility
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:41:39 AM PDT
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LeonardFMason
(LanceyHoward would AGREE)
To: Personal Responsibility
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:44:56 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: cotton1706
The Turks could not give two $#!+$ about the Arabs but for a time making nasty noises at Israel served to bolster their Islamic and regional power credentials. Iran has been playing the same game for years now. But, as with Hitler in the thirties, there's always a possibility that they really are crazy and it's unsafe to assume their rhetoric is all bluff.
Now the game is becoming serious for Turkey. Turks and Persians (Sunnis and Shiites) have quite a history of killing each other en masse. Iran is now a dominant and growing power in significant parts of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, all of which border Turkey. And their soon to be acquired atomics will give them swagger in the region that the Turks have always fancied to be theirs by right.
I would expect Erdogan to start making friendlier noises about his NATO shield in hopes that it will intimidate Iran. Unfortunately for him, Iran has had the chance to take the measure of America under Obama and Kerry and probably sees NATO as an empty shell. Resuming the relatively friendly relationship Turkey used to have with Israel (the only nuclear counterweight to Iran besides NATO) is another prudent step.
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:50:04 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: cotton1706
what, Turkey doesn’t want to sing kumbaya with a nuclear armed Iran?
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:53:56 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: cotton1706
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this case the Turkish reaction may be to the Saudi-Egyptian formation of a joint Arab military force.
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:08:03 AM PDT
by
mac_truck
( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
To: cotton1706
During his election campaign for the presidency in summer 2014, he crossed certain red lines in the language and images he used, calling Israeli politicians worse than Hitler and accusing them of attempted genocide in the Gaza Strip. Genocide; one would think, would be a word that a Turk would be very careful about using considering that old Armenian thing.
And genocide has become such an over used word that it has become a cliché.
If genocide is attempted it is noticed and talked about in horrific terms. I at least have not heard of bodies lying in the street rotting because there too many to bury in the Gaza strip.
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:18:34 AM PDT
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Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: cotton1706
Posted on April Fools Day.
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04/02/2015 7:19:37 AM PDT
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To: cotton1706
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04/02/2015 7:34:03 AM PDT
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molson209
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