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The Turkish enigma

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Submitted by Michael S (United States), Dec 29, 2014 at 06:01

HI, RT

I'm glad you have Recep Tayyip figured out. I sure haven't.

Something weird is happening in the Middle East lately:

Qatar has reconciled to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and expelled the leader of HAMAS. Since Turkey and Qatar had stood alone in the Middle East as both supporters of HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood, on the one hand, and as opponents of Iran and Syria on the other, what's happening in Qatar has implications for Turkey.

According to DEBKA, an Israeli news outlet, the HAMAS leader may seek to set up shop in Tehran. Iran has been on-agan/ off-again in its relationship with HAMAS over the yers, so a move like this would strongly tie the terrorist group to Iran. What about Turkey, then? Will Turkey also draw closer to Iran? Yes, and it has been making overtures in that direction.

Another odd thing in the ME has been the war the US initiated against ISIL. We have three types of allies in that war:

1. our European allies, who will only fight in Iraq,

2. our Arab allies, who will only fight in Syria, and

3. Turkey, which won't fight in either place.

Obama's War has brought about another very curious circumstance: The Iranians are fighting alongside the US, against ISIL. Iraq, of course, is in the Shiite Iranian sphere, as is the government of Bashar Al Assad in Syria. The Kurds have been fighting alongside all three, and the Turks are having to do a dance between their Iraqi Kurdish so-called friends, the Turkish Kurds, their so-called "peace partners" with whom they are actually at war, thei Syrian Kurdish presumed enemies, the Obama Administration, which is adamant about policies that nobody can understand except Obama, and other players.

The Bible says that Turkey will team up with Iran, Sudan and Libya against Israel. From the latest shift of Turkey toward Iran, that seems likely to be fulfilled very soon. That prophecy, at least, tells me the end of the matter (The Israelis will win that war, by the way). If it weren't for that knowledge,I would be wondering to no end, what Erdogan is up to and why. As it is, I know he will ultimately attack Israel and lose. The only think I'm not sure of, is exactly when this will happen.

Submitting....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
No need to kick Turkey out of NATO [27 words]spectreJan 3, 2015 02:08220076
Idiz is right: We can't kick out the Turks. Just watch out for them. [292 words]Michael SDec 22, 2014 17:51219907
2TURKEY's FUTURE [84 words]R.T. ErdoganDec 25, 2014 11:01219907
The Turkish enigma [387 words]Michael SDec 29, 2014 06:01219907
Enigma- Turkey is Only Part of the Puzzle [142 words]M. ToveyJan 6, 2015 17:27219907
lumps of coal [226 words]Michael SJan 7, 2015 21:21219907
2The only way to get Turkey out, is to put Russia in [198 words]jgetsJul 17, 2012 12:59197275
Israel [156 words]havasJul 13, 2012 12:58197219
2NATO and Turkey [75 words]nancyFeb 6, 2012 04:49193128
18You people know very little about Turkey [38 words]sephardiFeb 4, 2012 16:43193060
3Friendship and Islamokemalist Barbarism [55 words]Young MCFeb 5, 2012 07:24193060
14You people know very little about Turkey 2 [188 words]sephardiFeb 5, 2012 20:59193060
2Genocidal Boasting [65 words]Young MCFeb 7, 2012 12:42193060
14 LIKES?? [58 words]ayatollahowmanyJan 12, 2015 09:56193060
5Who needs friends if you're looking to rebuild an empire [420 words]trans-parereFeb 1, 2012 03:30192946
1Turkey and Friends [71 words]stanley BFeb 1, 2012 19:33192946
1stanley [436 words]trans-parereFeb 1, 2012 22:27192946
1400 years in super-dog years [183 words]stanley bFeb 2, 2012 18:45192946
2An unfortunate truth [263 words]trans-parereFeb 2, 2012 22:10192946
2Who shall make this happen? [170 words]stanley bFeb 3, 2012 17:21192946
Erdogan [26 words]SafaFeb 4, 2012 07:46192946
1Freedom Requires Effort. Slavery Simply Asks One to Submit. [478 words]trans-parereFeb 5, 2012 00:22192946
2Islamic power? [47 words]trans-parereFeb 5, 2012 00:42192946
1Turkey may yet have its fate with destiny [90 words]PeterFeb 13, 2012 05:24192946
3New Ottoman empire [336 words]AlexandrosJul 16, 2012 10:59192946
turkey out of nato and perry out of presidential race [15 words]havasJan 31, 2012 02:57192918
Whether Perry was correct or not, he did not look good [95 words]saraJan 20, 2012 16:37192712
Fleeing Eurabia [10 words]JamesJan 19, 2012 19:32192701
3In Spite of Perry's Poor Poll Showing-He Wasn't Wrong About Turkey's Turn From The West [202 words]M. ToveyJan 19, 2012 17:14192696

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