Posted on 08/27/2020 11:48:42 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Fears have grown of a possible military conflict between the two countries as both navies made a show of force in the fiercely contested waters between Cyprus and Crete.
It comes amidst an extended diplomatic row after Turkey sent their Oruc Reis research vessel into disputed waters to survey the seabed for gas and oil on August 10, accompanied by Turkish warships.
But this sparked the ire of Athens, who responded by dispatching navy ships and announcing military exercises south of Turkey and on the Greek island of Kastellerizo - just one mile south of the Turkish coast.
Athens claims that the ship is operating over Greece’s continental shelf in an area where it has exclusive rights on potential undersea gas and oil deposits - prompting the country to send warships to track the Turkish flotilla.
Tensions were ratcheted up further as Turkey confirmed on Wednesday that its navy warships were conducing “maritime trainings” with a US ship in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In response to the growing crisis, Greece also announced yesterday that it would extend its territorial waters along its western coastline from six nautical miles to 12 nautical miles.
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Greece didn’t back down from Mussolini. Thanks to them, Hitler had to delay Operation Barbarossa by six weeks, they may have made it to Moscow if they started on time.
Vlad and POTUS taking bets.
France will fix it /s
Biden has a plan to replace fossil fuels, so he should tell the Greeks not to worry.
LOL
That really isn’t true. The rivers in the east were still flooding, and they had to wait for dry weather. Also, the German Army wasn’t fully prepared until June.
Battle of Lepanto part two. Don John ofAustria please call.
sure are a lot of rumors of wars these days...
hmmmmm.
Concerning islam and out own F.B.I....here is some great news...
I never thought that father, Yaser Abdel Said, would get caught for the heinous murders of his daughters.
R.I.P. Amina and Sarah Said. Condolences to families and friends.
love
Thanks to Robert Spencer at jihadwatch, for his indefatigable work.
I’m rooting for Greece.
Turkey is a bad country, and Mitt Romney is an idiot for supporting it.
Also, gyros:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Pita_giros.JPG/1200px-Pita_giros.JPG
Those look so much better than the “gyros” from Arby’s.
Arby’s pita bread looks completely wrong.
Their Gyro sauce is terrible too.
I feel like at the back of each Arby’s there are boxes labeled
“Substance X: Made To Look Sort Of Like Pita Bread”
and
“Substance X: Made To Look Sort Of Like Lamb Meat”
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