Posted on 09/07/2022 9:09:11 AM PDT by Nextrush
Moscow has largely stopped exporting gas to Europe, saying supplies will not resume until sanctions are lifted
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticised the West's "provocations" against Russia, saying the attitude taken by western states was a mistake that triggered the energy crisis in Europe.
Erdogan, who is on a state visit to Belgrade, said in a televised address that the West cannot get results through provocative policies.
"Russia should not be underestimated," Erdogan said. "Russia is not a country to be taken lightly. The West is making a mistake."
Erdogan also said that Europe should have thought about the energy crisis before going taking up the struggle with Russia.
"Russia has cut the gas and now Europe is gloomy," he said, adding that Turkey still maintains a balance policy vis-a-vis the Ukraine war and is avoiding taking a side.
He also accused Europe of sending scraps to Ukraine as military aid.
"No one is winning this war, but there are many losers," he added...
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makes sense. bite the hand that warms you and you cannot expect preferential treatment...
be sure to have your own football if you tick off the guy who brought the one you are playing with.
‘Europe has itself to blame for gas crisis – Erdogan’
https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/europe-has-itself-to-blame-for-gas-crisis-erdogan/
Geezers, devalued the Lira & 80% inflation. And he needs to talk about others
He’s gambling on his re-election next year a pretty wild gamble but that’s what he’s doing.
I find it odd coming from a country that embraced the NSDAP with vigor.
So… it’s now a “provocation” to respond with sanctions against a country which is committing an act of violent colonial piracy on its neighbor Ukraine?
It’s as crazy as saying the USA provoked Japan by targeting it after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor!
What does Turkey has to say about the deep state Kremlins invasion of Ukraine?
Isn’t that an act of ultra-provocation?
Does Turkey believe the invasion of Ukraine is an act of friendship from Russia’s part ?
We have to awaken from the pro-Kremlin propaganda.
We have to awaken to reality that other nations have other agendas.
Erdogan is a tough cookie Trump was able to deal with him but obviously Biden can’t make this guy see “the light” as you see it.
Obama tried to overthrow Erdogan there was a coup attempt in 2016.
Erdogan got a warning call about the coup from some guy named Vladimir.
Me,
I blame Greta
and the climate commie corps.
And
the (fake) endangered species commie corps.
The powers that be want people to be indoctrinated into “Climate” as an explanation for this mess they have created over Ukraine.
Ukraine is a bridge to justifying “Climate” policies to the sheeple.
I said this at the beginning of this mess...
The snooty snobs that run Europe provoked this war...
Now, they get to reap their rewards..
And, as usual, the civilian population pays that price...
Past time to boot Turkey from NATO. Erdogan has completely wiped away any pretense of being a civilized nation.
It never was.
The only true friends of Russia are the usual (communist) suspects : China, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba and the ultra Islamic Iran.
This “axis of madness” is causing tremendous human suffering and makes it very difficult to put in place a normal dialog.
Russia behaves according to a Neo-Soviet ideology.
If we are too naive, the whole West will disappear- communism and Islam wins.
And I will repeat the words of one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson...
Europe is a continent in a constant state of war...
Better for us to stay out of it...
Europe was at war when Christ was born..
Europe will be at war when our great grandchildren are old and grey...
Better for us to stay out of it
Well… America IS actually staying out of it, right?
Sending equipment to Ukrain so they can protect the West against the Soviet Union 2.0 invasion is not the same as sending troops.
There are NO American troops to defend Ukraine against Russia. It will continue to be that way, unless the Russian deep state declares war against America of course… just like socialist Hitler did.
Let’s put it this way: I don’t know any of our grandparents being against to ship massive amount of weapons to Great Britain so it could continue to defend itself against Hitlers socialist onslaught during the pre World War II era.
If Ukraine falls, Europe falls.
If Europe falls America falls.
As Christians we have to work together so that the forces of evil halt their advances all over the globe.
“Erdogan, who is on a state visit to Belgrade”
…May have been pandering to locals, to get what he wants from them (building more mosques there).
Erdogan is a man with his own agenda some quick to yell “Russian Propaganda” and “Putin Puffers” over this but Erdogan plays a fine line he has re-established diplomatic relations with Israel in recent months and for all the Richard Ukrainiums out there he has sold drones to Ukraine.
Erdogan is putting Turkiye as he wants the country’s name spelled now first in his policies.
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