October 26, 2009
Israel and Turkey Still Rough
I posted on Israel and Turkey's rough patch a couple weeks ago. Here in this Jerusalem Post article, Turkey's Prime Minister continues to spew from the Minaret exactly where his allegiance is shifting.
Expose private conversations between government heads, recklessly and possibly fraudulently? Yes.
Get all best friends with the maniacal dictator? Check.
Take a swipe at the EU? Yup.
Scratch nose with middle finger when answering a question about US relations? Probably.
He is correct that the US policy in the region is not dictated by Israel. It is dictated by an alliance of countries whose existence depends on keeping Muhammad al Mahdi, the 12th Iman, in Pandora's Box and the key out of Mahmoud's limp right hand. But now, with lotion on the table, Erdogan is quickly becoming Ahmadinejad's new right hand man.
