Maybe they want to get their Mufti into power!
Posted on 06/04/2010 1:04:31 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
In an unfortunate turn of phrase, the Turkish ambassador to Washington twice said Friday that the terrorist group Hamas is a necessary and important part of the "final solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"Final solution" was the phrase Adolf Hitler adopted to describe his plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
"For a final solution, you cannot ignore Hamas. That's what we are saying," said Ambassador Namik Tan. "This is not the first time that we are trying to bring this into the discussion. We have told this to the Israelis, to our American friends, to our international interlocutors, everyone. How could you imagine a final solution without Hamas?"
Tan's choice of words aside, his comments highlighted the yawning gap between the positions of the Turkish government and that of the American and Israeli administrations, as tensions linger following this week's Gaza flotilla incident.
Only yesterday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "I do not think that Hamas is a terrorist organization. I said the same thing to the United States. I am still of the same opinion. They are Palestinians in resistance, fighting for their own land."
As the Obama administration continues to try to calm the situation and contain emotions following the Gaza flotilla incident, the Turkish government is doing exactly the opposite, raising the volume of its public calls for actions by both Washington and Jerusalem.
At his embassy Friday afternoon, Tan railed against Israel, made broad threats about the Turkish-Israel relationship, and professed deep disappointment with the Obama administration and its handling of the crisis.
"Israel is about to lose a friend ... This is going to be a historical mistake," he said, calling on Israel to make a public apology if its wishes to keep its ties with Turkey.
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And, of course, they are going to spin it as if it was an accident.
Yup.
Gulp!
Whoopsie! An unfortunate choice of words, yes?
By framing it as “An unfortunate turn of phrase..” The reporter seems to make is sound like it was a mistake. It wasn’t, and the muslims know it.
Ah, yes! The psychological slip exposing the underlying truth - kill all the Jews!
Dear Lord!
It was no accident. Muslims say that all the time.
Anyone who’s not mentally deficient with even a remedial grasp of 20th Century history, understands the phrase “final solution” especially in context of Jewish relations. It is beyond credible belief, that this man - a trained diplomat - didn’t understand PRECISELY what he was saying.
And there goes the legacy of Kemal. Looks like in Turkey it really is true that Kemalism is transient and Political Islam is permanent there, as that for many Turks is not only their most important identity but their sole identity.
Worst part? Our fearless leader is aligned with that “logic” and presents us on the world stage in his vision.
Maybe they want to get their Mufti into power!
Finally a proposal that Obama will support with all his heart (what little he has).
Turkey was never a friend of the Jewish people. They are muslim, they have always hated us
The unfortunate turn of phrase is not particularly important. That they have sided with a terrorist organization, that is important.
We don’t negotiate with terrorists. Thats what we always say. So, does that now include Turkey?
Should that mean that Turkey has excommunicated herself from the League of Civilized Nations? Or does she do so knowing she has a friend in the White House?
I think she knows she has a friend in the White House. Or at least a weak simpleton which is just as good.
I think war is coming. I think the bad actors across the middle east recognize that this is their moment. They aren’t going to get a better one. It is ironic but not surprising, that the folks who voted Obama into office thought they were voting against war when in fact they were guaranteeing it.
I wonder if those, who whined when Congress passed the resolution a few years ago condemning Turkey (as the Ottoman Empire) for the Armenian genocide.....are still supporting Turkey now...still claiming Turkey is an “ally”?
Turkey is nothing more than another Islamic Terrorist State....and should be kicked out of NATO. Even the anti-Semite liberals of the EU are leery about Turkey
Somebody needs to be moving our nukes stored in Turkey ASAP, this is at a flash point ...
mm
Mark
The Armenians weren’t slaughtered for being “Armenian”. They were slaughtered for being Christian.
“Tan’s choice of words aside, his comments highlighted the yawning gap between the positions of the Turkish government and that of the American and Israeli administrations,”
and that of most Arab administrations.
The Iranians are fairly quiet. Maybe they know a pr failure when they see one, which Erdogan certainly cannot see.
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