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Congress losing patience with Turkey’s Erdogan
Associated Press ^ | Aug 4, 2014 5:09 PM EDT | Bradley Klapper

Posted on 08/04/2014 3:41:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Members of Congress are losing patience with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In a sharply-worded letter, Democrats and Republicans who’ve led House efforts to advance U.S.-Turkish relations warned Erdogan last week about what they considered to be his anti-Semitic comments. They told him he risked damaging ties between the U.S. and Turkey. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; congress; demagogue; erdogan; israel; judeophobe; judeophobia; rop; turkey
Aw, another strongly-worded letter.
1 posted on 08/04/2014 3:41:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Send Johnny Ketchup.


2 posted on 08/04/2014 3:46:20 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

Probably in the works.


3 posted on 08/04/2014 3:46:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Herdiegerdogen is quaking in his boots. He knows there is absolutely nothing backing it up.


4 posted on 08/04/2014 3:47:11 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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5 Weeks
38%

Support It Or Lose It

5 posted on 08/04/2014 3:50:47 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Olog-hai

But, they’re just hunkydory with the muslim in the White House.


6 posted on 08/04/2014 3:54:21 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Olog-hai

Erdogan is a muzz first, foremost, and always. He pines for the recreation of the Ottoman Empire, and he envisions himself as the honcho caliph.


7 posted on 08/04/2014 4:37:43 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

Turkey is friends with Iran, Qatar, Ham@ss, how can they be trusted with Nato secrets. They want to arm Ham@ss.

Remember that they wouldn’t let Bush use their bases to attack Saddam? Why are they in Nato? Look what they did to the Armenians, and in Cyprus. They killed the Kurds too.

These are not good people, just ask the Greeks.


8 posted on 08/04/2014 6:14:18 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Olog-hai

He’s not much different than the Muslim Brotherhood...except Turkey doesn’t seem to have a military ready to STEP-UP and send him to the showers, the Egypt did.


9 posted on 08/04/2014 6:58:54 PM PDT by BobL
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