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(Former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff) Uzi Dayan: Israel must announce Turkish warships casus beli
Jerusalem Post ^

Posted on 06/09/2010 1:45:19 PM PDT by jhpigott

By JPOST.COM STAFF 06/07/2010 15:55

Israel must send Turkey a clear message that if Turkish warships are sent to accompany the next flotilla trying to break the embargo on Gaza, these will be considered acts of war by Israel , Uzi Dayan, former deputy Chief of General Staff, told Army Radio Monday morning.

"If the Turkish prime minister joins such a flotilla,” Dayan said, “we should make clear beforehand this would be an act of war, and we would not try to take over the ship he was on, but would sink it.”

“If Israel doesn't make this clear beforehand, the Turks will grow increasingly self-assured, and we may indeed find ourselves facing such a scenario, which could have been averted.”

Uzi Dayan attacked a letter sent by Navy veterans calling for a commission of inquiry as confused and irresponsible.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antisemiticturks; gaza; israel; terrorflotilla; turkey; turkishterrorists
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When this kind of stuff is discussed in the public forum by former military/political figures, it just illustrates just how much things have deteriorated . . .
1 posted on 06/09/2010 1:45:19 PM PDT by jhpigott
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To: MississippiMan; ctdonath2; LibertyRocks; GonzoGOP; b4its2late; bert; maquiladora; hennie pennie; ...

ping


2 posted on 06/09/2010 1:46:34 PM PDT by jhpigott
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The Israelis just called their bluff, now what does a dumb azzed big mouthed turk do?


3 posted on 06/09/2010 1:48:59 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: jhpigott

This is pretty big.

Now waiting for that little twerp in NK to get mad because he is not in the headlines and try something else to regain the worlds attention.


4 posted on 06/09/2010 1:49:47 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON and moderates make me PUKE!!!")
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Great name, Uzi Dayan. Sort of like Thompson Patton. Maybe a relation to Moshe?


5 posted on 06/09/2010 1:54:20 PM PDT by katana (For what is an Irishman ? But a .......)
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NOW we are talkin'!!!

Hey Turkey..."Come on in. Ol' Painless is waitin'"


6 posted on 06/09/2010 1:54:53 PM PDT by F. dAnconia (We say: "It is, therefore, I want it. They say: "I want it, therefore it is")
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To: jhpigott

This is quite serious, and if it plays out, its the Turkish PM trying his best to play the part of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.


7 posted on 06/09/2010 1:55:35 PM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
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Maybe a relation to Moshe?

His nephew.

8 posted on 06/09/2010 1:57:19 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: C210N

It is serious, but it is important to note that this is not (at least not yet) the official position of the Israeli government.

However, it is not insignificant that the former #2 IDF officer is putting this out there on the record. Wouldn’t suprise me to see more and more of the Israeli right pushing Bibi to take this position.


9 posted on 06/09/2010 1:57:26 PM PDT by jhpigott
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Wonder what they don’t understand, the S —or the K..
Prez BamBam is wishing that they (Isreal) would just fad away, sail off in the sunset.


10 posted on 06/09/2010 1:58:34 PM PDT by gulfcoast6 (God Is!!!)
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Ruh roh!!! Ze Chit, it be hittin the fan.


11 posted on 06/09/2010 1:58:53 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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I think he’s probably right. The best defense is a good offense, and I think Israel has got to move out to the front and make it clear that this stuff simply cannot happen. Turkey is a state, not a bunch of loony leftist “volunteers” or even a bunch of Pali would-be jihadis, and cannot be allowed to get away with this.


12 posted on 06/09/2010 1:59:09 PM PDT by livius
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“Great name, Uzi Dayan. Sort of like Thompson Patton. Maybe a relation to Moshe?”

Nephew


13 posted on 06/09/2010 2:00:20 PM PDT by devere
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To: Cheetahcat

Time for the Turkish military to take control again.


14 posted on 06/09/2010 2:01:22 PM PDT by Always Independent
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“Time for the Turkish military to take control again.”

Let’s hope so. They have put a few Turk governments in their place.


15 posted on 06/09/2010 2:03:11 PM PDT by jhpigott
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Let’s see if Turkey tries to get NATO involved. If Turkey does try this game, I wonder if Israel will intercept the Turkish vessel off the Gaza coast or in international waters. The IDF air forces would blow any piece of crap Turkish boat right out of the water.


16 posted on 06/09/2010 2:05:18 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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Turkey is a NATO state.


17 posted on 06/09/2010 2:18:50 PM PDT by ketelone
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To: Always Independent

“Time for the Turkish military to take control again.”

If not they are headed for disaster.


18 posted on 06/09/2010 2:20:18 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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Damn right.


19 posted on 06/09/2010 2:23:07 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: grumpygresh

Well, theres some Perry Class ships, Knox Class, MEKO class, and a bunch of German made subs.

All in all, a decent navy. And a serious Air Force, with over 200 F-16’s and a hundred F4’s.

ISraeli airforce outclasses them though, with 68 F-15 eagles, and 270 F16s.


20 posted on 06/09/2010 2:28:55 PM PDT by ketelone
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