Obama’s statecraft has elevated two men, Netanyahu and Erdogan. This is a couple weeks after Erdogan said smartly that Israel is the west’s spoiled child, and about ten years after Aaron David Miller said we acted as Israel’s lawyer at Camp David. Is our complete collapse ever a story in the western press? Turkish outlet Hurriyet:
The Turkish foreign minister said Obama had phoned [Turkish PM] Erdoğan 11 times during the last nine months and a brief encounter took place during one of their conversations, when Obama complained about Turkey’s role in Iran’s uranium swap deal, asking why Erdoğan protected Iran.
Erdoğan denied Obama’s claims, [FM Ahmet] Davutoğlu said, and responded, “I do not protect Iran, but you [the United States] act as Israel’s lawyer.”
Recommend watching and listening to all of Charlie Rose’s interviews with Erdogan
Even if Erdogan might be a “Messiah”, he will not get his work done in my lifetime. The land, the water, sometimes hope, is being taken continuously and at an increasing pace. If anyone is going to do something they better do ti soon.
Somewhere below me on this thread, our resident hasbaraists are going to say some of the following things:
1.Erdogan is stoking anti-western sentiment and wants to re-institute the Ottoman Empire
2. Erdogan’s country oversees the “brutal” occupation of Cypress
3. Turkey slaughtered Armenians 100 years ago and therefore has no grounds to criticize Israel
4. The Gaza Flotilla was an act of state sponsored Terrorism against Israel
5. He is a member of Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood – is a rabid anti-semite and wants to drive jews into the sea
6. He does not “humanize the other” and fails to recognize that peace comes from understanding, co-operation and acceptance of all – especially zionists who continue to colonize Palestine on behalf of people from the Hudson Valley.
Rinse and repeat.
“Erdoğan denied Obama’s claims, [FM Ahmet] Davutoğlu said, and responded, “I do not protect Iran, but you [the United States] act as Israel’s lawyer.”
True words. Turkey protecting Iran? Don’t think they’d have much of a reason to, especially after Khamenei gave the Turkish government a pasting. The two countries generally fit the description of rivals in the region more than that of friends who share common interests and would protect each other. Far as I recall Iran has recently criticised Turkey’s opposition to the crackdown on Syrian protesters, criticised Turkey for working with the NATO, and criticised them for progressing with secularisation. Erdoğan’d be more than just a bit silly to stand on Iran’s side now of all times, or even so much as settle for arbitration. That would be a 180 degree turn from pandering to Europe’s desires and working out the Kurdish problem to Europe’s satisfaction.
RE: “Is our complete collapse ever a story in the western
press?” ~ Weiss
SEE: Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!, By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout, 10/06/11
SOURCE – http://www.truth-out.org/got-class-warfare-occupy-wall-street-now/1317760461