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2010-07-04 The Grand Turk

Turkey acts to ease fears over Islamic ties

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Mr Gul insisted Turkey had always been Israel's friend but asked: "If an army of a state kills your people in international waters, how would you react?"

Intent to border IS allowable investigation. Check maritime laws. That vessel was doing improper ingress. Thats actually a crime in itself.

And Turkey, proof is in the pudding. Act like a partner or forgiddaboudit.
NATO is pathetic enough without you in it.

Posted by newc 2010-07-04 00:51|| 2010-07-04 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 "If an army of a state kills your people in international waters, how would you react?"

My proactive effort would have been not to send my people on a boat to invade Israel. If they went there against my advice, I would ignore their pleas for help. If they returned, I would jail them.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-04 02:39|| 2010-07-04 02:39|| Front Page Top

#3 What can be more Western than "anti-Zionism"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-07-04 04:40|| 2010-07-04 04:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, I for one, feel assured now.
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I am sure that the EU is gonna welcome Turkey with open arms. Good fiscal policy and all.

Camel's nose: meet tent.

Posted by Alaska Paul in NW Iceland 2010-07-04 06:24|| 2010-07-04 06:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Turkey thought that being anti Joooooo would make them more palatable to the cool kids in the EU. Not an unlikely conclusion, is it?

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-04 10:06|| 2010-07-04 10:06|| Front Page Top

#6 The Erdogan Regime let the mask slip a bit too early which might spell trouble trouble for the future of Turkish-American relations.

However the Gaza mission managed to successfully intimidate the entire German political class.

See this and this.

The first link's headline is actually somewhat incorrect. The resolution is omni-partisan not bi-partisan. There were no explicit votes for abstention or nay votes. This resolution represents the consensus among all parties in parliament, Merkel's CDU, the Liberals, Social Democrats, Greens, and the Communist Party of East Germany.

Merkel sided with Israel during "Cast Lead" but that was an Israeli-Arab conflict.

When the choice is between Israel and the Erdogan Regime Germany will submit to the Erdogan Regime, not necessarily because of an anti-Israel bias, but because the political class fears a diplomatic conflict with Erdogan.

Turkish riots in Germany, instigated by Ankara, over the issue of Israel would indeed be a political and security nightmare. To avert this our politicians are content to see Israel fed to the crocodile.

Posted by Jaique Brown3988 2010-07-04 17:26|| 2010-07-04 17:26|| Front Page Top

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