Posted on 03/18/2017 9:09:24 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
The government of Turkey planned to use front groups and operatives “camouflaged” as journalists to gain access to Capitol Hill and the U.S. security apparatus, hacked emails released by WikiLeaks reveal.
The documents, which are from the Gmail account of Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and the son-in-law of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, show the nascent plan for what has turned into a sprawling lobbying and PR campaign undertaken by the Turkish government.
Turkey’s lobbying efforts catapulted into the news last week after Donald Trump’s short-lived national security adviser Michael Flynn registered as a foreign lobbyist for Turkey.
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Short excerpt. It's worth reading the entire article.
We dodged a bullet with Flynn.
I expect Turkey to become the next Iran.
Wait a minute. Flynn registered as a lobbyist for Turkey after he left?
“In the past, defense issues and opposition to bills calling for the recognition of Ottoman genocide against Armenians a century ago have occupied much of the lobbyists’ attention. Now, Ankara is spending heavily to convince the U.S. government to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric living in Pennsylvania.”
pretty revealing.
YES. And honestly, I believe Trump selected him because he thought he was close enough to Turkey to keep Erdogan in line. And of course, Flynn early supported Trump. (Flynn is a Democrat)
Islam is a very real threat to Western Civilization.
In 1976, at the convention, Reagan said (referring to a letter he had written for a time capsule):
And suddenly it dawned on me, those who would read this letter a hundred years from now will know whether those missiles were fired. They will know whether we met our challenge. Whether they have the freedoms that we have known up until now will depend on what we do here.
The same idea applies to islam. A hundred years from now the few (or many, hopefully many) non-muslims will know if Western Civilization survived the islamic onslaught.
Turkey wanted to take over Iraq and Syria, as much as he could get of each. If he wins the Referendum April 16th the Middle East is in big trouble.
There is a lot happening behind the scenes in Syria right now. Soon, probably in 2-3 weeks, the final assault on Raqqa will begin. It will not be easy, but ISIS will be defeated. Now, it is not like they are setting and waiting. Not at all. Each day the SDF is still taking villages and preparing. Much activity.
Interesting, this speaks to the generality that all media and political organizations should have 10 days to report and register as foreign agents when they receive anything of value originating from a foreign source.
Europe has been in this battle many times. Just ask the Serbs about it. The Balkans were battlefields many times.
Is EU prepared? Hell no.
YES! Too many of the Press are really the Press-titutes!
Oh, they get angry when you suggest that. bluster bluster bluster
But some of them really follow the money. And their bosses in the networks? They follow the BIG MONEY.
That is why they hate Donald J. Trump.
Go Trump!
Europe has been in this battle many times. Just ask the Serbs about it. The Balkans were battlefields many times.
Yikes!
Carter and Reagan did as well.
Turkey is much more dangerous than Iran.
“And Clinton sided with the muzzies in the late 90s”
Which is one of the reasons he started the Kosovo War on a Christian nation.
Before the election.
In that case, I’m glad he’s gone. Libturds did us a favor and we (and they) didn’t even know it.
Worse. Turkey is part of NATO.
More illuminating as the days go by?
No longer an illusion of what our “NATO Ally” /sarcasm, Turkey really is. Actually it has always been there, but was masked by the Kemalist Military.
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