Turkey as the new Iran
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UPDATED: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 21:05
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Hubby brought to my attention an article which has a very interesting interpretation - one that I never considered even tho in retrospect it should have been obvious to at least consider this as a possibility:
The power dynamic in the Middle East has changed. Turkey was part of the Obama/CIA's "Assad must go" strategy. They served as a transshipment point of arms from Libyan jihadists to Syrian jihadists, and provided an open border for al Qaeda/ISIL proxies, sold their oil and took a cut. (These proxies were paid in Saudi dinars and hopped up on Saudi-supplied meth. Saudi dinars were a medium of exchange in Raqqa.)
Anyway. After the attempted coup in Turkey - which Erdogan is convinced was fomented by the CIA - and the attack on the Turkish lira - Turkey took a decided turn away from the Saudi project and cozied up to Russia.
Saudi Arabia - having lost a partner in the anti-Assad/anti-Iran project, openly allied with Israel. But because of the Khashoggi murder, Saudi has had to rethink its strategy and has suddenly turned its attention to Turkey as the most important regional danger, not Iran. Supposedly Israel has also turned in that direction. The thinking is that Iran's power is fragile, but Turkey's is more substantive.
It's an interesting thought. What this might mean is that Saudi Arabia and Israel might be fighting a "two front" proxy/ hybrid war - one against a Sunni nation which desires to reestablish its caliphate, and the other against the presumed Shia crescent.
If I can find the article online, I'll link it.
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Erdogan says Turkey stands by 'oppressed' in the Caucasus
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-idUKKBN26
O0IJ
At least 64 Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters dead in Karabakh clashes, says UK war monitor
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3104072/least-64-turkey
-backed-syrian-rebel-fighters-dead-karabakh
Turkish rejects 'superficial' Caucasus ceasefire calls
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/turkey-rejects--superficial
--caucasus-ceasefire-calls-13188662
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Turkey ignores international community, escalates its role in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkey-ignores-international-comm
unity-escalates-its-role-in-azerbaijan-armenia-conflict/ar-BB19J1xZ?bep_ref=1&bep_csid=22818
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: A Widening War Would Engulf Russia, Turkey, Iran In Complex Web Of Ties
https://www.ibtimes.com/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-widening-war-would
-engulf-russia-turkey-iran-complex-web-3055322
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Turkey opposes US, Russia and France demand for ceasefire
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nagorno-karabakh-armen
ia-azerbaijan-conflict-us-russia-france-b745778.html
Why Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting, and why it could get uglier
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-armenia-and-azerbaijan-are-fi
ghting-and-why-it-could-get-uglier/ar-BB19Iq3Y
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Erdogan has " intervened" in Syria, Libya, and Azerbaijan, always using jihadists as proxies. He is "exploring for gas and oil" in internationally-recognized Greek and Cypriot waters, the "research ship" being accompanied by military vessel.
In addition, Erdogan is a blazingly corrupt ruler, intent on recreating the Ottoman Empire and becoming the caliphate of Islam.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Biden Will Declare Atrocities Against Armenia As Genocide?
https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/21/biden-will-declare-atrocities-aga
inst-armenia-as-genocide/
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Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_
war
Quote:
In 2019, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Turkish individuals and companies for providing financial support to the ISIS. The sanctions raised questions about the Turkish commitment to fight the ISIS networks inside Turkey.
Opinion: It's time for Biden to say the words 'Armenian genocide'
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Opinion-It-s-
time-for-Biden-to-say-the-words-16100893.php
Los Angeles mayor calls on Biden to recognize Armenian Genocide
https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2021/04/10/Eric-Garcetti-Biden-Armenia
n-Genocide/2483923
Editorial: President Biden, call it by its name: the Armenian genocide
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-05/biden-armenian-genoci
de-turkey
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The American haters at TYT aren't going to be a big fan of that.
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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.
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Quote:America has no greater enemy than you, Nazi boy.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
The American haters at TYT aren't going to be a big fan of that.
Hateful, racist, stupid, unducated, and a fascist who doesn't even know he's a fascist.
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REAVERBOT really does his best to try and turn every interesting discussion into shit, doesn't he? I guess if he starts a flame war, he's hoping people will forget the original topic: the very definition of a troll.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
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