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2009-02-02 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by 3dc 2009-02-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Oh please say that someone has this on Video.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-02-02 01:14|| 2009-02-02 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 In the early 1990s Erdogan made his Islamist bones as mayor of Istanbul and as head of the Islamist Refah Party. He was an early supporter of jihad in Bosnia and was an adept fundraiser for mujahideen operating in the Balkans. He worked with Sudan's Hasan al-Turabi and Al-Fatih Hassanein in support of the very Islamist Third World Relief Agency. He is a very devious SOB.

Posted by balthazar 2009-02-02 09:22|| 2009-02-02 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Crazy,

Powerline has something.

Posted by Blackbeard Greter7953 2009-02-02 09:33|| 2009-02-02 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 What happened is that Tayyip Erdogan said out loud what about two thirds of the "cool kids" at Davos think in their heart of hearts--and then Shimon Peres refused to just smile and take it.

Posted by Mike 2009-02-02 10:15|| 2009-02-02 10:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's give these genocidal primitives stealth technology!

Posted by ed 2009-02-02 10:53|| 2009-02-02 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 When I was traveling and working in Israel, the Turks were doing a lot of business there, especially construction. This is when the Paleo's were barred from transit and working because of all the bus bombings. Most of the skilled and semi-skilled additional labor was Turk as well as big Turk construction firms working with the Israelis. Turkey has really backtracked here.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-02-02 10:54|| 2009-02-02 10:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd like to see one of them there ARCLIGHT raids dropped on Davos. Shoot, maybe even two. And while we're at it, drop one on the next Bilderburgers get together. Say, does anyone know where G. Soros lives?

Posted by Slomp Johnson5461 2009-02-02 10:59|| 2009-02-02 10:59|| Front Page Top

#8 It seems the mask is now off Erdogan. He is an Islamist radical at heart and is leading Turkey away from secular democracy towards an Islamist Republic.

No to admission of Turkey to the EU.

Posted by Lagom 2009-02-02 11:31|| 2009-02-02 11:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Erdogan is playing for domestic politics. The Turkish economy is getting creamed in this recession and he needs scapegoats and support.

Posted by DoDo 2009-02-02 11:57|| 2009-02-02 11:57|| Front Page Top

#10 The EU will never _say_ never. They want to say "If you just hobble the military a little bit more we'll let you join..." when the military is basically the only thing keeping Turkey secular. Kinda makes ya wonder, doesn't it?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-02-02 11:57|| 2009-02-02 11:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Even as the writer lays out the facts about Hamas' terrorist character and provocations, he has to give a little shout out to his anti-Israeli culture of origin. Hey, folks. I'm not judging here so don't blame me, just sayin what he said is all. I see lots more dead Gazans than Israelis so the Jews are still bad. I'm still one of you. We're cool, right?

The "more dead Israelis should would make me feel better about the whole thing" meme should be called out for the whacked out moral blindness it is. Since more Germans than
Americans died in WWII, does that mean defeating Nazism was a mistake? Would more dead GI's and maybe a bombed out US city have made it ok to defeat fascism? Few Americans and many Iraqis died in the liberation of Kuwait; should we have handed the country back to Saddam with our apologies? We'll try again when you're stronger, when you can get in a few more kills. Keeping your people alive is the point. The Israeli military should be proud of their achievement, not castigated for it. If you want to accuse a nation of misbehavior in war you should have more than just a body count to make your point.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2009-02-02 12:37|| 2009-02-02 12:37|| Front Page Top

#12 The videolink :

Posted by mhw 2009-02-02 16:25|| 2009-02-02 16:25|| Front Page Top

#13 I thought he lived in Westchester or across the border in Conn.?

Posted by 3dc 2009-02-02 16:33|| 2009-02-02 16:33|| Front Page Top

#14 Jack is Back, that's because back then the Israelis needed construction workers and were willing to shell out the schekels. Times have changed.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2009-02-02 18:00|| 2009-02-02 18:00|| Front Page Top

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