Greece is the Most Valuable Player of NATO. Some may call that an exaggeration, but given the general blind acceptance of Turkey — which has been dubbed “the new Iran” for good reason — Greece is the only Western country standing up to Turkey, a major threat to regional stability, and potentially to that of […]
Tom Barrack Has the Middle East Situation Backwards
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has had a lot to say about the Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base: “Israel ‘baited’ Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase ‘pre-election’ strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says,” by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2026: According to Barrack, Israel raised the concern with the United States […]
Tom Barrack Accuses Israel of ‘Baiting’ Turkey and Risking ‘World War IIl’
Arab-American Tom Barrack is our ambassador to Turkey, and special envoy to Syria as well. Barrack has fallen hard for Ahmed al-Sharaa’s charade of being a “moderate” who wants to make “peace” with Israel. Barrack also seems as impressed as his boss with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the padishah who rules Turkey and nurses his neo-Ottoman […]
Israel Moves to Protect Itself From Turkish Aggression
I assume that the attack on Abu Al Duhur airbase had two objectives. First, to destroy the main runway, which for some time will put the airbase out of commission. This means the Turks will not be able to fly in men and weapons. Second, to destroy radar and other air defense systems that the […]
Israel Strikes Syrian Air Base
Israeli planes struck Abu Al-Duhur, a Syrian airbase, on August 18, dropping eight bombs, destroying a main runway and, even more important, devastating storage facilities containing what Israel knew was Turkish weaponry. Israel had information that the Turkish army was just about to deploy troops at the base, which could then be used both to […]
Pakistan Invites Muslim Nations to Join the New ‘Islamic NATO’
The West needs to take note of a growing threat that could in the longterm prove to be equal to or worse than the threat of the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Pakistan Asks Muslim Nations To Join ‘Islamic NATO,’” NDTV, August 10, 2026: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called for Islamic nations to set […]
Turkish-government funded global school network exports political Islam
“Maarif has secured the closure, confiscation or forced transfer of at least 162 educational institutions affiliated with the Gülen movement across 29 countries. This global restructuring campaign has disrupted the livelihoods of approximately 7,800 school administrators, teachers and support staff worldwide.” It has also effectively dismantled a source of opposition to Erdogan, and helped him […]
Turkey: Persecuted Opposition Leader to Create Breakaway Party to Challenge Erdogan
Reuters reported in May about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented crackdown on his opponents. One of those is Özgür Özel, whose power, due to his popularity, Erdogan has attempted to neutralize. “Özel said he had been forced to leave the party founded by modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk after a court annulled the […]
Turkey to participate in global defense bank headquartered in Canada, to reduce reliance on U.S.
The Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) was created specifically to reduce reliance on America, allowing for the financing of weapons and defense infrastructure. Nine countries, including Turkey, Canada, Albania, Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Romania, and Ukraine, back the DSRB, which has its headquarters in Canada. Islamic supremacist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly […]
Greek MEP: ‘Pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.’
Flashback: The fearless Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou, founder and leader of Greece’s Voice of Reason party, sparked massive Muslim outrage by telling the raw truth in the European Parliament. President Trump needs to hear every word. Turkey is an Islamic state with a… pic.twitter.com/JPiaObguVC — Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) July 8, 2026 Afroditi Latinopoulou is right. […]