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FirstQuaker -> Trouble Looking to Happen (9/8/2011 11:27:09 PM)
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Apparently the "Arab Spring"is fast becoming an Israeli winter. While the various revolts going on around the region, often led by Islamic fundes, must be keeping the midnight oil burning in Jerusalem, as the Israelites consider the unpleasant possibilities, the Turks announced they are planning to have their naval forces escort aid vessels to Gaza.
Additionally, the Turks claim to have suspended all military ties with the Israelis, too.
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The eastern Mediterranean will no longer be a place where Israeli naval forces can freely exercise their “bullying” practices against civilian vessels, a Turkish official said Friday.
The official said this would be the outcome of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s statement earlier in the day that “Turkey would take every precaution it deems necessary for the safety of maritime navigation in the eastern Mediterranean.” Davutoğlu’s statement about providing maritime safety in the eastern Mediterranean grabbed the most attention among the various sanctions against Israel the foreign minister announced Friday. He did not further elaborate, however, on what he meant by taking “every precaution.”
The Turkish foreign minister’s statement will likely spark a new faceoff between Turkey and Israel, the region’s strongest armies, in the eastern Mediterranean. A potential confrontation between the two countries’ navies would have serious negative consequences for regional stability.
And exactly what will happen if the Turks run the blockade with their navy? Militarily it is widely believed the Turks can take the Israeli naval lunch money.
Meantime -
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As part of Turkey’s more aggressive strategy against Israel, sources told the Daily News that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is planning to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza in the coming weeks, an intention he voiced in late July.
“Our prime minister has already instructed the Foreign Ministry to set a date for the visit. We are looking for the best timing for the visit,” a diplomatic source said. “Our primary purpose is to draw the world’s attention to what is going on in Gaza and to push the international community to end the unfair embargo imposed by Israel.” -
‘Israel’s bullying in eastern Med is over’
Not happy with that, the Turks are also waving the hatchet at Cyprus over various oil and gas drilling.
The news also has even the Saudi King sending a secret letter to Obama allegedly concerning the Palestinian question.
Then there is the issue of a "civil war" inside NATO, and also the Turks are not real pleased with the way the Libyan adventure has worked. And Turkey is the second most powerful NATO member in terms of conventional forces, they have a lot of toys from the Cold War days and have been updating and upgrading them since then.
So what happens if the Turks run the Gaza blockade with their Navy? If you shoot at a Turkish warship you are likely to get a war as fast as you could want.
While the area is not very happy to see the Turk running free militarily again, as it was only a hundred years ago when the Ottomans ran the region, and few of the locals wants to see that unhappy thing occur again,. the non-Jewish locals most likely will all be taking the Turkish side, if the matchup is with Israel.
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