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2015-12-21 Iraq

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Posted by badanov 2015-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Yokay, I'll bite - again, TO GO WHERE?

OWG Co-Superpower wannabe, Neo-Ottomanist Erdogan-led TURKEY has nowhere to expand its "Sphere of Influence" save in Syria-Iraq + agz Russia.

AFAIK, THEN-OTTOMAN TURKEY LOST ALL ITS WARS AGZ TSARIST RUSSIA BACK IN THE DAY, AND I DON'T THINK ERDOGAN IS ANY HURRY TO REPEAT MAHA-RUSHIAN HISTOIRE' AGZ DARTH PUTIN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-12-21 00:31|| 2015-12-21 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 OTOH see GROONG > [Fars News] EX-CIA OFFICIAL [Larry Johnson] US WEAKNESS DROVE TURKEY OUT OF CONTROL.

ARTIC = denotes that the POTUS Obama Admin is widely viewed or deemed by the World as "impotent".

As for this Artic, the inter-Islamic struggle for Theological + Caliphate dominance between Sunni Islam, as represented by the new KSA Coalition = KSA "Superpower", + Turkey as a formal KSA Coalition Member or Independent, versus OWG Co-Superpower Shia Iran goes on.

Somethings gotta give.

Personally, I'm just waiting for EGYPT + PAKISTAN to bust a move.

Speaking of EGYPT ... ...

* IIRC MEMRI.ORG > EGYTPIAN COLUMNISTS: EGYPT NEEDS TO FIGHT ISIS IN LIBYA - UNILATERALLY, IFF NECESSARY.

* BIGNEWSNETWORK, WORLD NEWS > PAKISTAN NOT A MEMBER OF [new] SAUDI ALLIANCE: MINISTER.

Read, PAKISTAN HAS ITS OWN AMBITIONS, + ITS OWN NUKES ALREADY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-12-21 22:54|| 2015-12-21 22:54|| Front Page Top

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