Israel, IMHO, MUST keep the blockade which means they MUST stop the Turkish flotilla by any means necessary.
MUST.
ANY.
If the USA had a president even WORTH warm spit we’d stop this before it got going, and if he couldn’t there would be a line of Arleigh Burke’s out there keeping the Turks from getting killed.
TUrkey has no business either in NATO, or the EU and the sooner we all realize this, the better for US
MUST.
ANY.
If the USA had a president even WORTH warm spit we’d stop this before it got going, and if he couldn’t there would be a line of Arleigh Burke’s out there keeping the Turks from getting killed.
TUrkey has no business either in NATO, or the EU and the sooner we all realize this, the better for US
'Freedom Flotilla II' set to sail for Gaza from Turkey
Mavi Marmara Photo: Stringer Turkey / ReutersAmid Israel’s Operation Protective Edge to stop Hamas attacks from Gaza, a “Freedom Flotilla” is being organized in Turkey to bring humanitarian aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave with the protection of the Turkish military, according to an unconfirmed media report.
The flotilla, called “Freedom Flotilla II,” is being organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), the same organization that was behind the Mavi Marmara flotilla that sought to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip in May 2010.
Israel Navy commandos boarded the ship, were attacked, and killed nine of the attackers.
IHH chairman Bulent Yildrim was quoted by The Middle East Monitor as telling Gulf Online last week that the activists would set sail as soon as they receive the necessary permit from the authorities in Ankara and that the Turkish military would provide protection to the ship.
Diplomatic officials said Jerusalem was following the reports carefully, but stressed that it was not clear whether the flotilla would ultimately set sail.
So far there has only been a declaration of intent, with no firm date set, one official said.
Harold Rhode, a senior fellow at the New-York-based Gatestone Institute and a former adviser at the in the office of the American defense secretary on Islamic affairs, told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Sunday that the real issue in the ongoing conflict is that Turkey and Qatar are supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in their goals.
“[Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan has been associated with the Muslim Brotherhood long before he was prime minister,” Rhode said.
It should now be clear to all that Erdogan “is now out of the bag,” Rhode said, adding that US President Barack Obama does not speak to the Turkish leader anymore despite previously describing him as one of his closest friends among the world’s leaders.
“Erdogan is doing whatever he can to help Hamas,” he said, asserting that it will only hurt the Palestinian people in the end.
this is a sensible thing for evil people to do if they want to start ww3.
ReplyDeleteif the idf attacks the illegal convoy and attacks a turkish vessel then erdogan might invoke article 5 and demand nato counterattack israel....
I think I'm noticing a new tactic in Epa's posts:
ReplyDeleteHe seems to be laying out the case for these events not being the result of ineptitude, all the while attributing said events to ineptitude.
I'm with you, RP. You have to look at the actions and the results of the actions, and not judge people like Erdogan and Obama based upon their words.
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"If the USA had a president even WORTH..." Too late for that. In my opinion the situation is even worth. Kerry met in Paris with people from Qatar and Turkey, without Israelis or Palestinians present. I assume that Erdogan got some kind of message that we would look the other way if he sent the flotilla out. Also, the $11 billion arms deal with Qatar should be enough to convince even the dumbest American what way the administration is leaning. Every action taken has been carefully planned and executed. Israel stand alone.
ReplyDeleteSorry. I meant the situation is even worse.
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