Thread: Turkey slams UN flotilla report, announces harsh measures against Israel

Originally Posted by BB61Vet

I challenge you to point to it's borders on any UN recognized map.

The UN does not take any sort of stance towards whether a country is recognized. Nevertheless: The [official UNSD map] (UN statistical division) for Israel's country profile does not include Palestine or any occupied territories and includes the names "Gaza" and "West Bank" for the two "occupied Palestinian Territories" (the UN handle for them). And the [UN OCHA] acknowledges the "occupied Palestinian Territories" as a separate country, with a OCHA country office there.

Originally Posted by BB61Vet

One madman named Hitler did, and he convinced a bunch of other madmen to follow his lead, and got his ass kicked in the process, but not before he slaughtered many, many hundreds of thousands of Jews. As an American of partially European descent, I'm very offended at your statement.

And as a European of Jewish descent i'm offended by your statement. Specifically by the rather wrong historic characterization of Hitler and the numbers stated in your statement.

Guys,chill out.We don't want to break any laws here,don't we? It was just a poor choice of words by someone not so proficient in English.I'm sure we're even less proficient in Turkish,so let's move on.Modern politics is much more interesting and relevant for us,today.

Gents,with or without a Turco-Israeli war starting in the near future,the recent developments are nevertheless important.First,we have what it looks like an American retreat from the ME.Second,we have Turkey approaching the ME nations,culminating with the current diplomatic break -out with Israel.We also have a weakening of the Turkish Army traditional role as a keeper of Kemalism.
Question one,to our Turkish members.How is the new leadership of the Army compared with those that recently resigned?
Question two.I know that in every recent conflict in the ME,the bulk of the Turkish public opinion took the part of the Muslim part.How do you think this position changed your status in the Arab world?
Third.Would you accept a position as a de facto leader of the Sunni ME?Or let's rephrase it,not leader,but as the most influencial Sunni nation in the ME.