There was a time we expected Turkey to grovel for a place at the table with the Big Boys. We were willing to consider allowing our only Muslim NATO ally into the European Union but only once it showed itself a deserving supplicant. &nb…
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RedBedHead: Nobody Says "F*** You" Like Israel
As vile and racist as the regime is, you have to give them points for sheer chutzpah. Having denounced the Palestinians at the UN for not being serious about peace, Israeli PM Netanyahu has agreed two days later to build another 1,100 illegal buildings…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Iran’s overstated military capacities
Iranian Missile Test
With the main thrust of the Libyan intervention dieing down – and with it the need to justify it by villainizing Qaddafi – Iran has firmly regained its place as public enemy number one. Ahmadenijad makes it easy to draw attention…
RedBedHead: Turkey’s Snub & The Decline of Israel
Israeli blunder: Turkish ship Mavi Marmara as it’s being attacked by Israeli
commandos during attempt by flotilla to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip.
It was just over 20 years ago that I first became politically active around the first war against Ir…
A dynamic Turkey steps up
Congratulations to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) for their victory in the Turkish election last Sunday. Erdogan led his party to their third straight win with a majority of seats and almost 50 per cent …
Continue readingThe Global Express: Turkish Journalist Faces Charges
Ismail Saymaz, a Turkish newspaper journalist had criticized the Turkish police for not doing enough to stop the assassination of Hrant Dink (an Armenian newspaper journalist). Consequentially, he could possibly serve a longer prison sentence than the …
Continue readingbastard.logic: Two Minutes Hate for Turkey (Hiss! Spit!)
by matttbastard Via John Cole: The Murdoch Street Journal sounds the battle cry as Outer Wingnuttia declares war on the declining Turkish Republic (the biggest BFF breakup since Paris & Nicole deleted each other from their respective Sidekicks): Israeli special forces … Continue reading →
bastard.logic: Israel & the Freedom Flotilla Assault: It’s All About the Gaza Blockade
by matttbastard Israel does it again. With one deadly commando raid of an aid flotilla bearing essential goods in violation of Israel’s (illegal) blockade of Gaza, the Israeli government has reasserted its expressed right to, essentially, defend its borders by … Continue reading →
Tattered Sleeve: Well Israel, you have really lost the PR war now
You have got yourselves perfectly embroiled in an international incident that is not going away until you learn that even you must eat crow sometimes. So far, it doesn’t appear to have sunk in. I notice it only took you a few hours to release some prop…
Continue readingJustifying Murder on the High Seas
Once again the ugly specter of Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians in the Gaza strip has been brought to the forefront of the world’s attention and, this time, it wasn’t just the actions of activists (who have largely been ignored) that has drawn the laser-like focus and condemnations of nations
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