Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently stated: “Hey European Union. Pull yourself together…..If you try to label this operation as an invasion, it’s very simple: we will open the gates and send 3.6 million refugees your way.” But now, “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned he will ‘use force’ to fend off migrants if […]
The Kurds are paying a heavy price in this battle — but not because of a US betrayal
Kenneth Timmerman’s article below is eminently reasonable, and he is right: the political and media elites that are howling over Trump’s “betrayal” of the Kurds will keep howling no matter what evidence is presented in defense of the withdrawal, because “none of them truly care about the Kurds.” All they want is a stick they […]
Turkey agrees to cease-fire days after Erdogan said he would never agree to a cease-fire
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Turkish Navy surrounds Cyprus
A reminder in all the present confusion that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a jihadist scoundrel with revanchist caliphate dreams. Turkey is not an ally of the United States, and should not be in NATO. “Concerns as Turkish Navy surrounds Cyprus,” by Vassilis Nedos, Ekathimerini, October 9, 2019: Tension mounted in the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday […]
Turkey and the Kurds: Trump “wants U.S. forces out of a conflict in which America’s interests have never been clear”
Here is a clear explication of an issue that has been enflamed by partisanship and hatred of the man in the White House. The President is pursuing the America-First agenda on which he campaigned. It should be the case that every President has America’s interests first in every situation, but that hasn’t been the case […]
Turkey: Human rights activist sentenced ten years jail for “blasphemy” against Islam
You criticize Islam, you pay a dear price, ranging from jail to murder in many Muslim countries. Canan Kaftancioglu, a Turkish politician and critic of Islam, has received a ten-year-long prison sentence for “blasphemy against Islam.” Canan has risked her life and future by standing up for human rights and being daring enough to make […]
Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria, says “I’m not siding with anybody”
It is foolish in the extreme, and ultimately self-defeating, to keep troops anywhere indefinitely, with no end point, no plan for victory, no clear goal — that just saps the nation’s resources and produces no good result. Anytime we leave Syria or anywhere else, anti-American elements will do their best to capitalize on our absence. […]
Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Movement leadership penetrates Trump White House
No good can come of this. But all those who might have warned Trump administration officials about these people are gone. The swamp wasn’t drained, and the swamp creatures are apparently as firmly in power as they have been for decades. The Muslim Brotherhood’s plan for North America states: The process of settlement is a […]