The Leftist political and media elites were aghast at Trump’s letter to Erdogan, and heaped ridicule upon it. But it was really just standard American diplomacy: carrots and sticks. It was just phrased a bit more bluntly than diplomatic niceties usually allow. It is long past time for a fresh approach to diplomacy and a […]
Germany: Mosques pray for Erdogan’s military offensive against Kurds: “Allah, lead our glorious army to victory”
Mosques in Germany are praying for the Turkish army’s success as it wages a fierce military offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces and civilians in neighboring Syria, German newspaper Die Welt reported. The worshippers pray the victory verse: “Allah, Lead Our Glorious Army to Victory.” The backing from mosques in Germany comes days after Turkish […]
Erdogan threatens EU: Submit or “we’ll send 3.6 million refugees your way”; Lebanese MP to EU: “Kneel before us”
Mohammad Raed, a Lebanese legislator representing Hezbollah: “All we have to do is wave the card of Syrian refugees and all the European countries will kneel before us.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “Hey European Union. Pull yourself together…..If you try to label this operation as an invasion, it’s very simple: we will open the […]
General who issued groveling apology for alleged Qur’an desecration says Trump has blood on his hands over Kurds
Here is General Allen several years ago, issuing an embarrassing and groveling apology to “the noble people of Afghanistan” for an alleged desecration of the Qur’an by U.S. troops: General Allen clearly had no idea how weak and pusillanimous his repeated apologies in this video made him appear to many, if not most, of “the […]
Trump denounces Turkey’s incursion into Syria, imposes economic sanctions
This won’t be enough for those who are clamoring for the US to go to war with Turkey. All those who are claiming that Trump is under Erdogan’s thumb will keep on saying it. Meanwhile, there is no doubt that Turkey is an unreliable ally, and that the alliance should be ended, and Turkey should […]
ABC News uses footage from Kentucky gun range, claims it’s video from frontline battle between Kurds and Turks
Syria, Kentucky — what’s the difference? When even CNN admits that “this is a big black eye for ABC News,” you know it’s very bad. It strains credulity to think this happened by mistake. ABC, like all of the establishment media, was so avid to use the Turkish incursion into Syria to get Trump that […]
Kurdish forces strike deal with Syrian government to oppose Turkish incursion
Handling the problem themselves? What? How can this be used to destroy Trump if they do that? “US-backed Kurdish forces strike deal with Syria’s Assad,” by Helen Regan and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, October 14, 2019: (CNN) – Abandoned by the United States and facing a deepening Turkish military offensive, Kurdish forces near the northern Syrian […]
Contrary to media myth, Trump did not betray the Kurds
A bit of common sense and clear thinking amid the current hysteria, from Caroline Glick. “Trump did not betray the Kurds,” by Caroline B. Glick, Israel Hayom, October 11, 2019: The near-consensus view of US President Donald Trump’s decision to remove American special forces from the Syrian border with Turkey is that Trump is enabling […]
Kurdish authorities say 785 Islamic State prisoners attack guards and escape
President Trump suggests that the Kurds may have released them in order to get us involved: ….Kurds may be releasing some to get us involved. Easily recaptured by Turkey or European Nations from where many came, but they should move quickly. Big sanctions on Turkey coming! Do people really think we should go to war […]
Glazov Gang: Turkish Dissident Faces 10 Years in Prison
This new edition of the Glazov Gang features Kursat Christoff Pekgoz, a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California. He has advocated for the civil rights of secular dissidents and religious minorities while living in Turkey. He has been banned from Twitter for criticizing Ilhan Omar and for posting, “radical Islam is wrong.” Kursat […]