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Greece underscores 'threat of war' with Turkey at signing of defense pact with US
Washington Examiner ^
| 14 October 2021
| Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter |
Posted on 10/15/2021 12:34:28 AM PDT by blueplum
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias underscored the persistent “threat of war” with Turkey in a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the signing of a deal to upgrade defense cooperation between Athens and Washington.
“Greece is facing a casus belli, a threat with war if it exercises its sovereign rights and, I have to say, Greece is facing daily provocation,” Dendias said Thursday at the State Department. “Greece is committed to resolve disputes with diplomacy and always in accordance with international law.”...
...Dendias hailed the revisions to the U.S.-Greece security deal as a bulwark against Turkey, which also is embroiled in significant security-related controversies with the United States....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antonyblinken; armenia; azerbaijan; cyprus; dendias; erdogan; europeanunion; france; germany; greece; iran; israel; kurdistan; lebanon; nato; nikosdendias; opec; receptayyiperdogan; russia; saudiarabia; syria; turkey; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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posted on
10/15/2021 12:34:28 AM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
We should back Greece, screw Turkey.
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posted on
10/15/2021 12:43:12 AM PDT
by
datura
(The voice that brought you peace has nothing left to say.)
To: datura
Absolutely.
Erdogan is a mini monster.
To: datura
Absolutely.
Erdogan is a mini monster.
To: blueplum
Greece is a mess, Turkey is plain nasty. Turkey ally matters are a bit more strategic in the end, but not that much either.
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posted on
10/15/2021 1:05:44 AM PDT
by
Islasorna
To: blueplum
Yeah. Trust Blinken. Probably recorded the meeting for Erdogen.
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posted on
10/15/2021 3:13:34 AM PDT
by
HYPOCRACY
(Cornpop was a good dude.)
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You didn't think Biden abandoned Afghanistan because he was anti-war, did ya? ;^)
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posted on
10/18/2021 9:30:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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posted on
10/18/2021 12:51:20 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(blow in a dog’s face he gets mad, on a car ride he sticks his head out the window)
Bad enough when Republicans do it, but when the Biden
administration does it, you better be on the pot and
have your safety-belt buckled.
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:13:00 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
To: datura
Hells, yeah!
I wonder where NATO has gone?
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:20:23 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(Hard times: hard men. Hard men: soft times. Soft times: soft men. Soft men: hard times)
To: datura
Should have kicked Turkey out of NATO in 1974, when they invaded Northern Cyprus.
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:21:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Agreed! Our leaders overlooked the transgression because we wanted our bases against the Soviets (Incerlik and Sinop).
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:30:46 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: datura
We should say to NATO, Turkey goes or we go, and in my view, move everything we have in Turkey to the Kurdistan area of Iraq (closer to Iran).
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:32:44 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: blueplum
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:20:22 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
To: blueplum
Why in the world do these people think the United States is going to support anybody anymore?
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:55:33 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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