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2010-08-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Obama Says Turkey's "Ally" Status In Doubt Unless Country Changes Its Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Stand

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Posted by tipper 2010-08-16 15:02|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Two months till mid-terms?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-08-16 16:44|| 2010-08-16 16:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Who's Tyler Turden? And who could the anonymous administration official be? Stay tuned - if we're still here.

Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-08-16 17:03|| 2010-08-16 17:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Most of us picked up on that during Gulf War II when the Army division had to ship through the Suez Canal after the former ally decided not to be. How many years back was that?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-08-16 17:32|| 2010-08-16 17:32|| Front Page Top

#4 And the rest of the world heard more noise in the wind then promptly ignored it and went about what ever they wanted.

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-08-16 20:17|| 2010-08-16 20:17|| Front Page Top

#5 The Islamists have been able to finagle political power, and weaken the military command enough to prevent a coup, but this does not mean that they know how to run a military.

Given the track record of such louts, those parts of the military now controlled by their cronies will either rapidly decline in effectiveness, or neutralize the crony, who will just think he is in charge.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-08-16 20:35|| 2010-08-16 20:35|| Front Page Top

#6 As per WAFF > POTUS BAMMER = WHITE HOUSE is repor denyinig giving any sort of "Ultimatum" to TURKEY???

* OTOH PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > IRAN, TAIJIKISTAN, + AFGHANISTAN: A DIPLOMACY OF BROTHERHOOD.

ETHNO-CULTURAL MAP OF "GREATER IRAN" CONCEPT = depicts Perso-Iranian ethic groups in the following Regional areas;

To wit,

* Large Part = circa 1/2 of GEORGIA [Jaaawga]
* Ditto ARMENIA
* Ditto UZBEKISTAN
* Ditto KYRGYSTAN
* Ditto KAZAKHISTAN
* Ditto PAKISTAN
* ALL OF AZERBAIJAN
* ALL OF AFGHANISTAN
* ALL OF TURKMENISTAN
* ALL OF TAIJIKISTAN
* LARGE AREA - 1/2? OF XINJIANG [aka WEST CHINA].

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [GlobalResearch.ca] US CREATING AN ARC OF CRISIS: THE DESTABILIZATION OF MIDDLE EAST + CENTRAL ASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-16 20:55|| 2010-08-16 20:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Good job, Joseph.

Posted by newc 2010-08-16 23:53|| 2010-08-16 23:53|| Front Page Top

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