Posted on 06/20/2025 5:12:05 AM PDT by george76
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey has long coveted the Greek Aegean islands in the disputed waters between the two countries, and now it has made its claim official.
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Turkey “has provoked Greece by submitting a map to UNESCO claiming parts of the Aegean Sea – which has been the primary point of contention and discussions between the countries
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Erdogan refuses to recognize the Treaty of Lausanne, which ceded the Aegean islands in question now to Greece, despite the fact that the Republic of Turkey duly ratified the treaty on Aug. 23, 1923, as well as the fact that Turkey and Greece are both members of NATO and thus are supposed to be allies.
Erdogan appears to be calculating that he will not get any pushback within NATO for claiming the internationally recognized sovereign territory of another member state, and he is likely right about that. This isn’t the first time he has claimed Greek territory, and almost certainly will not be the last, yet Turkey doesn’t seem to be in any danger of losing its NATO membership.
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With tensions thus running high, Greece’s response to Turkey’s UNESCO map was carefully muted. Greek officials pointed out that the map had no legal force, but noted that they were “monitoring” Turkey’s actions. Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis charged Turkey with trying “to exploit, to appropriate areas that do not belong to it, and
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today it’s the Greek Aegean islands, Israel, Kashmir, and Armenia. Tomorrow it will be the Greek mainland, Spain, and eastern India. And so on and on, while the infidels of NATO and elsewhere slumber on.
As far as the establishment media is concerned, the global jihad doesn't exist.
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NATO and the UN need to go away.
Liberal Politicians can easily go from
“the global jihad doesn’t exist.”
to
“It’s too late to stop it.”
Our contract with NATO has not been upheld by the countries that signed it.
Therefore, the contract is null and void.
Get us the hell out of there while there is still time
Both are ‘dead letters’
NATO has no serious leadership. It is an expensive garden party with a playful military dress up theme.
Never forget that Erdogan is a muslim first and has dedicated himself and his nation to islam’s conquest of the whole world.
Not Turkey in Grease again
Turkey has been home to the Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Asia for more than a decade. It supports NATO occasionally. Its usefulness in that organization is basically nil. It is closer to Russia than it is to the West. Dump Erdogan, Donald, and do the West a favor.
There have been a lot of treaties in history.
For example, the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt to bring lasting peace between France and Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1871)
This meant that future generations, such as those in the 1914-1918 and 1940-1944 years, in France/Germany could be comforted to assume they’d have peace and tranquility.
I hope.
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