Posted on 12/02/2015 8:54:18 AM PST by mojito
On Monday, Turkey’s sultan President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said something funny. In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s contention that Russia has additional proof of Turkey’s participation in Islamic State’s illicit crude trade, Erdogan said he would resign if anyone could prove the accusations.
Now obviously, conclusive evidence that Ankara is knowingly facilitating the sale of ISIS crude will probably be hard to come by, at least in the short-term, but the silly thing about Erdogan’s pronouncement is that we’re talking about a man who was willing to plunge his country into civil war over a few lost seats in Parliament. The idea that he would ever “step down†is patently absurd.
But that’s not what’s important. What’s critical is that the world gets the truth about who’s financing and facilitating “Raqqa’s Rockefellers.†If a NATO member is supporting this, and if the US has refrained from bombing ISIS oil trucks for 14 months as part of an understanding with Erdogan, well then we have a problem....
Unfortunately for Ankara, The Kremlin is on a mission to blow this story wide open now that Turkey has apparently decided it’s ok to shoot down Russian fighter jets. On Wednesday, we get the latest from Russia, where the Defense Ministry has just finished a briefing on the Islamic State oil trade. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Turkey may be in trouble.
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Out of these little mole hills, a mountain can spring.
It takes a thief to know one, and you can bet Putin knows all the tricks.
It makes me feel uncomfortable when my respect for Putin goes up. But, I’m comparing him to obumba so I don’t feel so uncomfortable.
We can be damned well sure McCain and his date Lindsy have their dirty little fingerprints on this as well as other vermin from both sides of the aisle.
They will all be remembered in the end.
And they will hear from all of us soon.
Soon.
Sooner than they can possibly imagine.
Here is the Russian drone video from last night showing oil trucks going from an ISIS-flagged marshalling yard (flag clearly visible on pole in yard), crossing into Turkey through a government border checkpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHx-4XCgzDY
Erdogan’s son has been linked directly to this trade.
No kidding. We have a President that can make Vladimir Putin look noble. Let that one settle in for a minute.
CONgre$$? Hello. Does ANY “representative” in CONgre$$ have ANYTHING to say about these claims?
Well will not be long before the Turks start spilling the beans on Fast and Furious II and the arming of these animals by our _resident, State Department and Juan McCain.
The Kenyan has pushed and shoved Putin one too many times.
I just hope Bathhouse Barry does not try to save face and start an all out shooting war.
Russia is shoving it up Obama’s you-know-what today. Good for them!!!
“We can be damned well sure McCain and his date Lindsy have their dirty little fingerprints on this as well as other vermin from both sides of the aisle.”
IMHO this is why neither side(GOPe) wants Trump in power. He kowtows to no one and they are afraid he will spill the beans.
> ISIS OIL TRUCKS CAUGHT CROSSING INTO TURKEY - ISIS Flag
> shown at 30 second mark
That’s not an ISIS flag. It’s the Turkish flag.
Hard to tell if this is an ISIS convoy.
I am afraid few in Congress will speak up. This is one thing this election is all about. We need big time change and IMHO it is either Trump and/or Cruz. I am betting on Trump as he does not need outside funding.
I'll wait and see if the Emperor will allow himself to be jailed as a war criminal.
The Chinese, Russians and Iranians (our enemies) are more truthful on ISIS than our own administration. There is something very wrong about this picture.
US accused Russian businessman of being a middle man for ISIS oil transactions to Syria last week, I thought maybe this was all part of a tit-for-tat act:
“US blacklists Russian chess leader for ties to Assad
#SyriaWar
The US also blacklisted other individuals and entities, including a businessman buying oil from IS”
- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-blacklists-russian-chess-leader-ties-assad-1476963883#sthash.5T1doeR4.dpuf
“ISIS selling Syrian oil to Assad regime”
http://warincontext.org/2014/01/29/isis-selling-syrian-oil-to-assad-regime/
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