The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is an excellent assessment, IMO. Chuck Middle East is Changing: What Ankara Knows By RAMZY BAROUD, Counterpunch “Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals.” The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a recent speech, following the deadly commando raid on the humanitarian …
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Below and at the link is a comprehensive discussion of the emerging grand strategy that is shaping Turkey’s foreign initiatives. It deserves careful reading. Stealth Superpower: How Turkey is chasing China to become the next big thing by John Feffer John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, …
Iran-Turkey: Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad said on 13 June that the United States pressured Turkey to abstain on a U.N. Security Council vote approving new sanctions against Iran, instead of voting against the sanctions, Islamic Republic TV reported. Ahmadi-Nejad said Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan told him US President Obama spoke with Erdogan on the telephone requesting …
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Turkey-Israel: For the record. Turkish Defense Minister Gonul said the current crisis with Israel should not delay the delivery of four remotely piloted aircraft (drones), Anatolia news agency reported June 1. Gonul said he expects the drones to be delivered in June or July. Evidently, the Turks think the plight of the Palestinians is not …
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Israel-Turkey-Hamas: Four ships from the Gaza-bound flotilla that was raided on 31 May Israeli naval forces have arrived at the port of Ashdod, Israel, accompanied by Israeli warships, Al Jazeera reported. According to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, the Israeli soldiers that intercepted the Gaza-bound aid flotilla acted in self-defense, and …
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Those irrational, misled, conspiratorial Muslims BY GLENN GREENWALD, Salon, 26 May 2010 FULL STORY ONLINE The New York Times this morning has a particularly lush installment of one of the American media’s most favored, reliable, and self-affirming rituals — it’s time to mock and pity Those Crazy, Primitive, Irrational, Propagandized Muslims and their Wild …
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CS Note: Note this is focused on deterring Israel and is consistent with Turkey’s emerging regional grand strategy of rapprochement with its neighbors, in this case Iran and Syria. Thursday May 13, 2010 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Turkey has installed Anti-Aircraft Hawk Missiles at a village close to the Syrian border in …
