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by **Jerry** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:02 pm

Looks like "Mighty Turkey" is getting it wrong again. The Iranians are not happy about new US radar installations. So when Turkey finally turns its back on the EU and looks east for markets for its "booming" ( EU funded) economy it will have to exclude Israel, Syria and now Iran. Who's next?

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-256127- ... ystem.html

by **Me Ed** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:17 pm

Oh dear.

Sadly, it looks like Turkey's 'zero problem with neighbours' policy is unravelling.

by **B25** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:28 pm

Hey, where is VP in all this, I really do miss her.

VP come back, we forgive you, we love you really.

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by **Hermes** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:37 pm

Jerry wrote:The Iranians are not happy about new US radar installations.

Good to see Turkey is doing it part to protect our Israeli partners from attack by Turkey's Islamic allies.

Confused? Don't be. It's all part of Turkey's masterplan...

by **B25** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:53 pm

Hermes wrote:
Jerry wrote:The Iranians are not happy about new US radar installations.

Good to see Turkey is doing it part to protect our Israeli partners from attack by Turkey's Islamic allies.

Confused? Don't be. It's all part of Turkey's masterplan...

Would the be the Plan'B' they keep referring to ?

by **Jerry** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:30 pm

A bit more analysis of the oil/gas saga with Turkey.

EXTRACT
"But threats to deploy warships show that Turkey, a prickly NATO member and European Union candidate, is now tempted to use its military power to push its interests in a changing region.
"Erdogan is taking a very aggressive stance to assert Turkey's status as a regional power instead of using the soft power we have seen until recently," said Gareth Jenkins, an Istanbul-based security analyst.
"There is a sense in the AK Party that Turkey is a major regional power and that the Mediterranean is its sphere of influence. But NATO and the West increasingly see Turkey as a loose cannon," he said.
"Turkey played its cards well in the past when it had good relations with everyone, but now it is playing them very badly."
Jenkins said that non-Arab Turkey behaving like a neighbourhood bully would be regarded with grave concern by Arabs, who were subjects of the Ottoman Empire for centuries.
"The Arabs distinguish between a Turkey that stands up to Israel and engages with them and a Turkey that wants to dominate the entire region," Jenkins said…………..

Some Turkish and Israeli analysts say that Turkey's motive is not to seek a showdown with Israel over Gaza, but to build up a naval presence between Cyprus and Israel to create a sense of menace and scare investors away from the gas fields there.
Turkey has been chafing at Cypriot-Israeli energy deals, and the tensions with Israel could enable Ankara to send a message without making explicit threats."

http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=48204

by **ZoC** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:38 pm

from the same report:

"It is very dangerous for a country when it starts to believe its own propaganda," Jenkins said.

by **ZoC** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:40 pm

B25 wrote:Hey, where is VP in all this, I really do miss her.

festering in the latrine, like the steaming piece of turd she's always been.

by **Realist** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:50 pm

What if this is all a pretext to take the other half of Cyprus.

Turkey will not attack Isreal, it will not attack an American company, so what can it really do? attack Cyprus.

International objections were also heard in 1974, this didn't change the outcome.

by **ZoC** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:56 pm

Realist wrote:What if this is all a pretext to take the other half of Cyprus.

Turkey will not attack Isreal, it will not attack an American company, so what can it really do? attack Cyprus.

International objections were also heard in 1974, this didn't change the outcome.

in 74 the only oil at stake was made from olives. the only gas at stake was halil's fasolia farts.