One issue with Israel has always been that the usual suspects, eg Syria et al, are not militarily capable of standing up to Israel. Turkey on the other hand, is someone Israel's own size in that respect and likely bigger.
Does Israel dare take the same approach with a much stronger opponent than it has with the relative weaklings it has dealt with in the past two decades? In tassling with Iraq, Israel had the US in their pocket. Turkey, again, does not fit this mold, and is in fact in NATO, a binding military agreement with the US, not to mention far more important to the world outside than Hussein-ruled Iraq ever was.
Frankly, I see Turkey as recognizing that if the US isn't going to do anything about Israel's action in Gaza then someone has to, and they are the ones who can handle the job.
This, from my view, indicates that this story has only begun to unfold.
Not to mention Turkey's little peccadillo with Brazil and Iranian nuclear fuel.
Turkey have the potential to be wield enormous strategic clout. "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
Turkey have the potential to be wield enormous strategic clout.
I think that the Armenians are going to be looses in all of this?
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After all, if Turkey is aiming to get support more broadly both within the Muslim world as well as in Europe and Latin America, it would be a good time not to have any embarrassing incidents with the Kurds. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
If that situation keeps getting worse and Turkey pushes its strategy too far, I wouldn't be surprised if Israel went for payback through the Kurds.
The pissing contest was already under way before that, for instance when he refused to receive Sharon in 2003. After that, it's really been hot and cold between those countries.
