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[Jerry]

I reckon there will be a few more carpetbagger properties coming on the market in the north, I can't image too many Israeli wanting to spend their summer hols in their "trnc" bolt holes.

[Oracle]

Hellenicantidote

What's this Greek nationalist SHIT doing the CyProb section Yialoser?

Piss off Turk boy.

Yialoser, are you a member of that Greek gay club by any chance?

Why are you ????

Miltiades, you really must contain yourself. GR! is only interested in taking Yialousa out clubbing.

I wonder if Lana will mind

[wyoming cowboy]

Hellenicantidote
Monday, 31 May 2010
Turkey to benefit from flotilla deaths

Interesting this episode with the Israelis shooting dead stick-wielding Turks (and others?) trying to get 'aid' through to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Firstly, the Turks are experts at using disproportionate force against weaker opponents and then boasting about how tough and brave they are and that death is the just desserts of anyone confronting or insulting Turkdom. The amount of comments from Turks I have to delete on my Youtube videos (see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCRnIWVW1oQ and here http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji7xnoOiq_4 revelling in the barbaric murder of Solomos Solomou in Dherynia as he tried to take down the Turkish flag reveals the psychopathic and fanatical basis of Turkish identity. So, we note the irony of overwhelmed Turks bemoaning the barbarism of Israel and its readiness to use lethal force in today's incident.

Secondly, the inevitable collapse of Israeli-Turkish relations these killings will provoke suits the purposes of the Turkish government and its Neo-Ottoman ambitions.

Turkey has been distancing itself from Israel for a while and now has even more credit with the Arab and Muslim world, which it seeks to lead. The improvement of Turkey's hegemonic credentials is bad news for Cyprus, which will find it more difficult to thwart Turkey's campaign in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference for recognition of the Turkish pseudo-state in occupied Cyprus.

On the other hand, it may mean that Israel scales back its involvement in propping up the occupation regime in northern Cyprus through economic investment and tourism. Indeed, Israel has been using this threat of upgrading its relations with the pseudo-state to keep Cyprus from too openly supporting the Palestinians. In fact, over the weekend, Israel warned Cyprus that if it permitted the ill-fated 'aid' flotilla to enter Cypriot territorial waters, Israel would encourage ferry links between Haifa and occupied Ammochostos (Famagusta). Nicosia duly shooed away the flotilla, citing 'national security' interests.

UPDATE: RIK news this evening reported statements from Cypriot MEP Eleni Theocharous, a previous participant in the Free Gaza convoys, that she did not take part this time because she was aware that the campaign had been hijacked by Turkish Islamists and infiltrated by MIT (Turkish secret service) agents out to advance Turkey's interests. She said MIT was behind attempts to use the Turkish-occupied port of Famagusta as a staging post for the flotilla in an effort to upgrade the status of the occupation regime in northern Cyprus and to draw parallels between the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the 'isolation' and 'blockade' which Turkey claims the Turkish Cypriots are enduring.

http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2010/05/turkey-to-benefit-from-flotilla-deaths.html

All this was going on and we know the outcome of the flotilla, but doesnt anyone other then me think its a very strange conincedence that the Pope is visiting Cyprus, and a Bishop/Cardinal is murdered in Turkey, while the Turkish flotilla is being portrayed as abunch of hooligans and Turks in general for that matter in the Western Press....peculiar i would say definitely,..........this may be some sort of turning point for Cyprus

[Nikitas]

There is a strange game being played out between Israel and Turkey. The timing is peculiar, as is the place where it was staged. I cannot tell whether any playacting is involved, but assuming there is none, why would these two staunch US allies decide to break the shop at this point?

[YFred]

There is a strange game being played out between Israel and Turkey. The timing is peculiar, as is the place where it was staged. I cannot tell whether any playacting is involved, but assuming there is none, why would these two staunch US allies decide to break the shop at this point?

The Problem is not with Turkey but the current PM and President. I have not seen any activitiy to show that the Army is behind this. USA's ally is the Army and not the politicians.

[Nikitas]

YFred, if it is a ploy, it is a risky way for Erdoghan to project a new profile. I wonder what he hopes to gain.

[YFred]

YFred, if it is a ploy, it is a risky way for Erdoghan to project a new profile. I wonder what he hopes to gain.

He want's to win the next election. What he does not realise is that Israel USA and Turkey have a cosy little number and anybody that upsets the balance does not last long. They'll get rid of him one way or another.

[Nikitas]

I wonder who the successor would be.

[YFred]

I wonder who the successor would be.

It loooks like Kemal Kilacdaroglu has the Army backing. That just about wraps it up for the next election.

[repulsewarrior]

YFred, if it is a ploy, it is a risky way for Erdoghan to project a new profile. I wonder what he hopes to gain.

He want's to win the next election. What he does not realise is that Israel USA and Turkey have a cosy little number and anybody that upsets the balance does not last long. They'll get rid of him one way or another.

with Iran and Syria as allies, next is Pakistan,

...and Afgahnistan.

freedom for Iraq, will be a common point then; with the UAE likely in turmoil, Egypt will be vulnerable: the dream of Arabs united will blur with the emergence of this "Muslim" alliance.