Posted on 03/14/2017 4:26:15 AM PDT by markomalley
As we noted moments ago, the tit-for-tat aggression resumed its escalation between Turkey and the Netherlands, with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus exclaiming from Ankara that "Europe's politicians are under fascist, neo-nazi influence" and in response, Turkey will suspend all high-level diplomatic meetings and cancel all flight permissions for Dutch politicians.
As part of its furious response, Turkey said it would impose various travel sanctions on Dutch diplomats such as halting all high-level political discussions with the Netherlands in the wake of the Dutch government's decision to bar two cabinet ministers from campaigning in the country. Kurtulmus said during a news conference following a weekly cabinet meeting that Ankara also is closing its air space to Dutch diplomats until the Netherlands meets Turkish requests, according to the AP.
Kurtulmus also says the Dutch ambassador to Turkey, who was traveling when the diplomatic row started, won't be allowed to return, and said that Turkey's government plans to advise parliament to withdraw from a Dutch-Turkish friendship group.
It was unclear what the sudden Turkish escalation means for economic ties between the two nations: as a reminder, Dutch direct investment in Turkey amounts to $22 billion, making the Netherlands the biggest source of foreign investment with a share of 16%. Furthermore, Turkish exports to the Netherlands totalled $3.6 billion in 2016, making it the tenth largest market for Turkish goods, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. Turkey imported $3 billion worth of Dutch goods in 2016. Should the diplomatic spat lead to a collapse in trade relations, a Turkey recession is all but assured.
Kurtulmus said the political sanctions will apply until the Netherlands takes steps to "redress" its actions. He said: "There is a crisis and a very deep one. We didn't create this crisis or bring to this stage."
However the most troubling development, and one which has the potential to sway the outcome of the Dutch election which will be held in less than two days, is that in the final power play aimed towards Merkel, Kurtulmus exclaimed that since "Europe has not kept its promises on the migrant deal, for us that agreement has ended."
Which means that one year after it collected $3 billion for the migrant deal, Turkey has just voided the agreement, and the next step would be that Turkey is about to flood Europe with refugees currently held inside Turkish borders. And since by some estimates Turkey currently harbors over 2 million potential migrants, Europe's refugee situation is about to get far worse, and as a corollary, support for anti-immigrant political organizations across the continent is about to take another step function higher.
This is an invasion. The EU needs to fence, blockade and shoot, as necessary, the Muslim animals sent by Erdogan. Kill enough of them and they will stop coming.
When they refused (as they should have), Turkey invades Europe with even more Muslim military aged men.
This is an Act of War folks.
But Europe has been feminized, emasculated, and de-Christianized.
The whole continent is rotten, and all it takes is a final kick from the Muslim boot of fascist tyranny and the whole thing will collapse.
Check the history books on how Vlad Tepes dealt with an approaching army of Muslims.
Hint: He cleaned out his criminal population first AND put them to good use.
I wonder how this will affect the elections this week in Holland and next month in France.
The problem is being solved. As the Euphrates Valley is cleared of the radicals, space for refugees opens up in Syria.
Refugee camps will be established by Trump paid for with other nations (especially the GCC) money. It will happen very soon
I knew turkey was not to be trusted. They’re muzzies! They’ve wanted to join the EU for a long time. What a disaster that would be! Like putting a bunch of weasels in the chicken house.
Ping
Europe is buying and selling people?
“Gimme stuff or I’ll hang out with you..”
VERY INSTRUCTIVE.
Trump has said that there is a great need to either re-create NATO or dump it. Let’s start by dumping Turkey. It’s value to NATO is zero, zip, nada. (And don’t try the claim that the Incirlik air base is crucial. It’s not.)
14 centuries of naked aggression by Islam isn’t enough to get PCdiots to pull their heads out of their can. Nothing is.
Time to wake up, world. Call them what they are, INVADERS.
The Dutch need to raise the bar. “All visas issued to Turkish residents are now void. You have 48 hrs. to be out of the country.”
NATO needs to kick this enemy of the West from the alliance.
With the latest Turkish provocations, Geert Wilders edges ever closer to becoming the new Dutch prime minister. He should publicly thank Sultan Erdogan when he takes power.
Millions repatriated to camps in Syria? Doubtful.
Excellent graphic. Recent years have been like the run up to WW II during the 1930s. Only Winston Churchill and a few others were correctly sounding the alarm.
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