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2014-10-03 The Grand Turk

Turkey, Frustrated With West, Clings To Fading Vision For The Middle East

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Fading"???

Au contraire', iff the ISIS/ISIL succeeds in destabilizing + formally taking over the main Turkish Govt ala Hezbollah in Lebanon, the US-World will see a MilPol or Geopol-expansive, truly "Ottoman/Neo-Ottoman" Turkey.

BROADLY OR SUBJECTIVELY SPEAKING, I WOULD SAY "OH TURKEY, DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, ITS ONLY JUST BEGUN FOR YOU"!

AFAIC the only real questionne' is whether "Neo-Persian", simil ISIS-controlled/dominated"? Rising Iran will choose war, or "peaceful co-existence" = Inter-Islamic "detente" wid ISIS-controlled/dominated Turkey.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-10-03 00:53|| 2014-10-03 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps they remember when the caliphate was Turkish, and want to make sure any revival is also Turkish. I wonder how that plays out wrt the Muslim Brotherhood.

Posted by James 2014-10-03 21:00|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2014-10-03 21:00|| Front Page Top

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