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2009-10-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey drops joint air force drill due to IAF participation

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-10-11 00:46|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Multi-national military maneuver canceled due to US outcry

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-10-11 14:34|| 2009-10-11 14:34|| Front Page Top

#2 US and NATO outcry against the Turkish decision, g(r)omgoru. The US and NATO need to rein in Turkey's "moderate" Islamist political leadership, and cancelling the exercise that Turkey was so looking forward to being part of is as good a place to start as any. Now if someone can lean on Britain to end their attempts to arrest Israelis for so called war crimes, not to mention all the other insults aimed at Israel for insisting on protecting her citizens, then perhaps Turkey wouldn't have felt confident enough to take that position.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-11 15:35|| 2009-10-11 15:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember that it was the Erdogan regime's veto threat that forced SecGen Rasmussen to apologize for upholding Western Democratic principles, and to do this in front of an assembly of Islamic potentates.

Quite ironic, given that NATO's "Raison D'etre" is ultimately the preservation of just these Western rights and freedoms.

The Erdogan regime might be de jure a NATO member but de facto it is too unfriendly to be even classified as 'neutral'.

Posted by Punky Snavith2552 2009-10-11 16:36|| 2009-10-11 16:36|| Front Page Top

#4 You said it better than I, Punky Snavith2552. :-)

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-11 23:48|| 2009-10-11 23:48|| Front Page Top

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