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2020-09-22 The Grand Turk

''Those who have been trying to ignore Turkey in Eastern Mediterranean are now approaching negotiating table,'' President Erdoğan says

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Posted by Fred 2020-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 This does not square with other reports (see Rantburg report, above) that Turkey now wants talks with Egypt and (gasp) Israel.

Posted by b 2020-09-22 09:01|| 2020-09-22 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 It depends on who is pushing the table and in what direction that our perception of 'approaching' is determined.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-09-22 09:10|| 2020-09-22 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, I think that's a sales pitch.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-09-22 13:16|| 2020-09-22 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Seen energy.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-22 13:22|| 2020-09-22 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 He is starting to realize that sometimes drawing attention means drawing fire. The Greeks will oblige him, especially with Egypt and Israel backing them up, and he is leaving his flanks exposed to Russia in the north, and Iraq/Syria in the south.

Erdogan is playing with fire.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-22 13:42|| 2020-09-22 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't forget the Egypt/Jordan/Iraq alliance which was to prevent a US/Israeli drive into Syria or something.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-09-22 14:59|| 2020-09-22 14:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Those are the sharks that smell blood in the water

Posted by DarthVader 2020-09-22 21:53|| 2020-09-22 21:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes and no I'd think.
Egypt has the GNA on the west, is interested in a free movement eastern Mediterranean, and had a 'spontaneous' uprising with likely MB elements.

Iraq has been calling out incursions by Turkey, and sent troops west to the border -possibly- with US advisors.

Jordan is right there, and likely not impressed by the Turks picking up ISIS free agents. At the least, a "Not interested in getting involved in a fight" by Jordan is good for an Egypt/Iraq/Greece/Cyprus work together, possibly aided by France (and Israel shhhhh).

Couple that with a Russia/Armenia/LNA alliance and the Turks find themselves surrounded.

The Israeli/Saudi Arabia/Bahrain public normalization of relations has got to cause a toothache.

Throw in western/Kobani Kurds and that is quite a knot.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-09-22 23:16|| 2020-09-22 23:16|| Front Page Top

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