You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
The Grand Turk
Turkey drew up plans in 2014 to invade Greece and Armenia - secret documents
2020-06-17
[Jpost] It is believed that the plans were prepared as a contingency regarding developments in Syria, to maintain offensive and deterrence capabilities on the Western front while moving troops.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
developed a plan for a possible invasion of Greece named after an 11th century Ottoman Turkish military commander, Nordic Monitor reported citing secret documents.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Well, we have plans to invade and destroy everyone, doesn't mean we'll do it. So I'm not sure this is a big deal.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2020-06-17 20:02  

#2  The Turkish foreign minister apparently said the Hagia Sophia should "return to its original use as a mosque".

Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-06-17 15:14  

#1  Sooner or later Trump is going to have to come to grips with the fact that Erdogan has moved from troublesome to dangerous. He has Hitler (Rhineland) and Mussolini (Libya) as older examples of Western pusillanimity, and the Russian occupation of Ukraine, as a more modern example. Would NATO respond to a Turkish attack on Greece? a Turkish attack on Cyprus? The Turkish denial of Exclusive Economic Zones in the Med?
Posted by: b   2020-06-17 08:49  

00:00