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originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: 23432
Nato needs Turks because of Communism.
...the EU is more communist than the other 2 world superpowers in the region, though. Turkey would go East for capitalism, not communism. Russia or China either one could offer them a better capitalist deal.
originally posted by: ANNED
Its long been known that Saudi Arabia could buy a nuke within a week from Pakistan
It is widely believed that Saudi Arabia has been a major financier of Pakistan's own integrated atomic bomb project since 1974.
Since 1998, Western diplomats and intelligence agencies have long believed that an agreement exists in which Pakistan would sell Saudi Arabia nuclear warheads and its own nuclear technology should security in the Persian Gulf deteriorate. Both countries have sharply denied the existence of such an agreement.
en.wikipedia.org...
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: 23432
Maybe it's time for Turkey to expand it's borders and start putting together and Empire again.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: 23432
Maybe it's time for Turkey to expand it's borders and start putting together and Empire again.
Thats exactly the concerns Iraq had after Turkey sent in troops (into N. Iraq / Syria).
President Obama’s best friend in Turkey is surrounding himself with guards dressed like the 15th century Turkish soldiers who captured Byzantium, the Roman Empire’s last capital city.
The garish display of imperial grandiosity was staged Jan. 12 by President Tayyip Erdogan, the recently re-elected president of Turkey, as he welcomed Arab strongman Mahmoud Abbas to Turkey’s new imperial palace.
Erdogan descended a staircase toward cameras, while flanked by guards dressed in military costumes of the Turkish military, dating back to 1299.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: 23432
Yup and those areas in northern iraq and turkey used to be part of the ottoman empire.
New Ottoman Emperor Rejects Obama’s Strategy
President Obama’s best friend in Turkey is surrounding himself with guards dressed like the 15th century Turkish soldiers who captured Byzantium, the Roman Empire’s last capital city.
The garish display of imperial grandiosity was staged Jan. 12 by President Tayyip Erdogan, the recently re-elected president of Turkey, as he welcomed Arab strongman Mahmoud Abbas to Turkey’s new imperial palace.
Erdogan descended a staircase toward cameras, while flanked by guards dressed in military costumes of the Turkish military, dating back to 1299.
click link for article and pictures of the Ottoman Empire guards he brought back.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: 23432
and then the Ottoman Empire lost and was broken up. Turkey can try to rebuild the Empire... they wont succeed.
originally posted by: VengefulGhost
Good hope they use it on the saudis .
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: jacobe001
Seems to me that Assange is speaking metaphorically. Al Jazeera is the nuclear weapon, and it can only be used once. Bit of a conundrum.
originally posted by: 23432
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: 23432
and you would be wrong about what I think.
The Ottoman Empire is dead and wont be coming back. Just like the USSR wont be coming back.
Turks don't revive their old empires ; they set up new ones .
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: 23432
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: 23432
and you would be wrong about what I think.
The Ottoman Empire is dead and wont be coming back. Just like the USSR wont be coming back.
Turks don't revive their old empires ; they set up new ones .
and a new one wont happen... Please use some common sense instead of relying on the feelings towards an Empire that no longer exists. It is the 21st century and the days of Empire building are over with. Something, based on your reaction, you and Erdogan cant seem to grasp.
Live in the now please.
The Man Behind The Curtain: Israeli Colonel Among ISIS Forces In Iraq By F. William Engdahl
This was definitely not supposed to happen. It seems that an Israeli military man with the rank of colonel was “caught with IS pants down.”
By that I mean he was captured amid a gaggle of so-called IS – or Islamic State or ISIS or DAESH depending on your preference – terrorists, by soldiers of the Iraqi army.
Under interrogation by the Iraqi intelligence he apparently said a lot regarding the role of Netanyahu’s IDF in supporting IS.
In late October an Iranian news agency, quoting a senior Iraqi intelligence officer, reported the capture of an Israeli army colonel, named Yusi Oulen Shahak, reportedly related to the ISIS Golani Battalion operating in Iraq in the Salahuddin front.
In a statement to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency a Commander of the Iraqi Army stated, “The security and popular forces have held captive an Israeli colonel.” He added that the IDF colonel “had participated in the Takfiri ISIL group’s terrorist operations.
” He said the colonel was arrested together with a number of ISIL or IS terrorists, giving the details:
“The Israeli colonel’s name is Yusi Oulen Shahak and is ranked colonel in Golani Brigade… with the security and military code of Re34356578765az231434.
” Comment: The news of this capture went further:
… that the relevant bodies are now interrogating the Israeli colonel to understand the reasons behind his fighting alongside the ISIL forces and the presence of other Zionist officers among ISIL terrorists.
The Iraqi security forces said the captured colonel has already made shocking confessions.
Several ISIL militants arrested in the last one year had already confessed that Israeli agents from Mossad and other Israeli espionage and intelligence bodies were present in the first wave of ISIL attacks on Iraq and capture of Mosul in Summer 2014, but no ranking Israeli agent had been arrested.
Political and military experts told FNA that the capture of the Israeli colonel will leave a grave impact on Iraq’s war strategy, including partnership with Israeli allies.