Posted on 10/11/2023 2:24:21 PM PDT by FarCenter
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the West, particularly the United States which has deployed its largest aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean, not to add fuel to the flames in the Middle East as clashes between Israel and Hamas intensify.
“Humanity has failed in this test. We regret those who add fuel to the flames [to the war between Israel and Hamas],” Erdoğan said in his weekly address to the parliamentary group of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Oct. 11.
“We call on America, Europe, and the states in other regions to take a fair and equitable stance based on humanitarian balances between the parties. Everyone must avoid impulsive decisions, such as cutting off humanitarian aid, which are aimed at punishing the Palestinian people collectively.”
Erdoğan’s statements come as the U.S. and some European powers have pledged full support to Israel against Hamas. Erdoğan, in a statement late on Oct. 10, specifically criticized the U.S. for deploying the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to the region in support to Israel.
“What is the U.S. aircraft carrier doing in Israel? Why is it going there? What is this aircraft carrier supposed to do with all its surrounding boats and planes? It will step into very serious massacres by hitting and destroying Gaza and its surroundings,” Erdoğan said. He also slammed the U.S. for downing a Turkish drone in northern Syria while fighting the terrorist groups, accusing Washington of supporting and training the terror groups in the pretext of struggling against ISIL.
“I have to explain something here. Look, there are over 20 U.S. bases in Syria today. What are these U.S. bases doing in Syria? What is being done with these bases? Twenty-three bases. Should we not talk about these?” added the president.
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Why isn’t he on the phone with every Hamas leader he can, Iran too, demanding all the hostages be released now? Go on TV and say so, call on the Turks to pray to Allah for them?
Why not, Recep?
Times wasting! Be quick about it!
Hey Recep, relax! We’re simply extinguishing the fuel.....
How many Gazans has Erdogan offered to take in?
Well, he does have one point. Trump had us essentially completely out of that hellhole, although the military directly disobeyed his orders. Under Biden we have the woke military eff’n things up all over the world. There are more that 300 U.S. military bases around the world. They are NOT defending America or American interests.
Defense of America begins right here on U.S. soil. Get our damn country straightened out before starting any more forever wars.
As for helping Israel, I am 100% on board. We can SELL Israel the weapons they require. We can cut foreign aid to Palestinians. We can pull back the billions destined to Iran. We can cleanse the State Department of anyone that utters a two state solution as a good thing.
The best thing we can do is stay out of Israel’s way and let them permanently handle these vermin. If our woke military gets involved then Israel is guaranteed defeat. If our woke State Department gets involved then Israel is guaranteed defeat. If the freaks in the Biden Administration get involved then Israel is guaranteed defeat. All of these eff’n pieces of chit have proven over and over again that they have no idea how to win wars and defend American interests. The only thing they are good at is making our children and grandchildren debt slaves.
Erdogan is an Islamist.
Yeah, don’t interfere with Turkey’s helping Hamas and Hezbollah.
Why don’t you get out of Cyprus first, then we’ll talk.
No kidding.
Why is Turkey still a part of NATO. Listen , I know we have military installations there, but we have beenlimited to what they can be utilized for. Turkey is not our ally. So what’s the point?
What an aptly named country
Yo Erdo. Bite me. Payback is a MF. You want to act like the Hamasses, be ready for Payback. You got it coming.
Too late.
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