Rather than Islamic supremacist Turkey getting booted out of NATO, it is taking over from Poland to lead NATO’s military Very High Readiness Joint Task Force for 2021. The move is highly questionable, given Turkey’s overt ambition of rebuilding the Ottoman Empire, its constant bullying and threats of war with Greece, its alliance with Qatar […]
Trump administration slaps sanctions on Turkey over purchase of Russian S-400 missile system
Erdogan brokered a deal “reportedly worth $2.5 billion with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the S-400 missile system.” Turkey was also warned by NATO. Turkey has consistently been a rogue member of NATO that poses a security threat, not only due to its missile deal with Russia, but also because of its tightening alliance with […]
Turkey plucked to pieces by Pompeo at NATO conference
Turkey has been an ongoing menace in the region, as well as a global threat. It is mystifying that Turkey remains part of NATO, considering that it is in reality an enemy of NATO. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s missions of reviving the Ottoman Empire is directly contrary to the goals and philosophy of the […]
EU-sanctioned German commandos board Turkish ship in Mediterranean to enforce UN arms embargo on Libya
A collaborative effort by the EU, UN and NATO to control Turkish influence in Libya has caused outrage in Turkey. It is to be expected that Erdogan would blame Greece, since Erdogan habitually scapegoats the Greeks. He has been bullying Greece for some time, prompting the Greek government to begin bolstering its military, due to Turkey’s […]
UK ‘stands in solidarity with France,’ calls on NATO to defend the freedom of speech
Some welcome and surprise news from the UK. “Britain has called on its NATO allies to stay united in defending the values of tolerance and free speech,” as well as to challenge Turkey. The starting point of challenging Turkey should be to throw Turkey out of NATO. A chorus of Islamic countries has been justifying […]
Turkey’s closeness to the Islamic State is yet more evidence that it is deserting its NATO ‘allies’
Erdogan’s Turkey has been quite active recently, from its conversion of the Hagia Sophia and its provocations in Greece to its ongoing threats to open the gates for millions of Muslim migrants to flood into Europe. Erdogan is ever more clearly an enemy of Kemalist secularism, and envisions the recreation of the Ottoman empire. Since […]
NATO launches Counter-Terrorism Reference Curriculum, no mention of Islamic jihad
The ongoing refusing to face squarely and articulate the ideology that motivates a great deal of contemporary terrorism dooms to failure any attempt to formulate a strategy to counter that terror threat. “NATO launches Counter-Terrorism Reference Curriculum,” NATO, June 12, 2020: NATO today (12 June 2020) launches its first ever Counter-Terrorism Reference Curriculum (CTRC). It […]
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 […]
NATO ally Germany refuses to back U.S. in Gulf out of fear of Iran
Iran is well established as a world sponsor of jihad terror, with its proxies operating globally. With Trump’s exit from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and subsequent imposition of tough sanctions, Iran’s economy has plummeted, and its leaders are growing increasingly desperate. According to the Investigative Project: The radical Shi’ite regime has already provided […]
S-400 Russian missile system delivered to Turkey against U.S. warning, sanctions may follow
Tensions are rising between Turkey and the U.S. Last year Donald Trump acknowledged that “our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!”, stemming from “ disagreements over defense policy and the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson,” who has now been freed, although that did not improve relations. Now, in complete disregard of […]