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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 05:54 AM Original message |
Israel risks losing 'sole friend' in Mideast, Turkish PM Erdogan tells Obama |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. And he is exactly...... |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. if i have to judge by barak's words today, the friend is lost. or should be. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Barak's cynical coverup is his undoing |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Why do you both misspell the president's name? n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ehud Barak |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Mr. Barak......."Tear Down That Wall".... |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's not the same person!. . . |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Everyone is telling Israel to lift the blockade. Except the U.S. |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "an incredible opportunity to get the whole world behind a real effort for peace" - agreed. n/t |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. YES! I hope the U.S. won't miss participating on the right side of this issue! |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm sure those heroes knew the risks and were prepared to sacrifice themselves |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The Israeli's Just Laugh At Us |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. "I feel as if we in the U.S. have been so isolated from this" |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Israel lost its 'sole friend' in the middle east as soon as Erdogan and the religious-right |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, to be honest, none of that has anything to do with |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I would not hold my breath in expecting our government to do the right thing here. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. This is correct... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Turkey's gov't no more religious than Israel. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. +1 |
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lordcommander (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. However there is one thing that prevents Turkey drifting away from secularism, |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here is what PM Erdogan told the Turkish Parliament today |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Wow, very strong words. To come right out and say they will |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Wow. Now imagine if OUR politicians had a spine. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. They have spine when it comes to protecting their masters. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. He's probably gotten a tremendous poll boost out of all this. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Of course there would be support for him. He is expressing |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Incredible Opportunity |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. the public discussion chooses the leave some facts aside? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Why do you not believe the words of the Sweditsh author-humanitarian who |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I do believe this activist. but one does not reflect all |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You 'know''? As in insider knows? |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. please focus on the subject - this is how... |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Keep on defending the indefensible... |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. hmmm... interesting... lets see... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Israel is not the sole aggressor.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Deleted message |
Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Let's make another list, what fun! |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Sorry, I thought you must have had some insider knowledge. I can't |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I s aid country for Gaza - I meant territory. |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. ok, lets change the subject. |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. but specifically on the point I am trying to convey: |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. One would have thought that Israel would have learned from Exodus ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I thought of the Exodus (the ship, the book, the movie) |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. I do wonder if the current leadership in Israel has any grasp of history |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm so tired of the "Art of War." The neverending peenie thing... |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. nice one . but we need "two adults" |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. the moment of opening fire |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. That video doesn't show that the Israelis fired on the ship and killed two people |
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Tripmann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. "israeli soldiers identify shooting and responding in self defence." |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. soldiers have the self defense right, when it comes to violent mob |
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Tripmann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Wrong |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Make that MERCHANT ships - the law says MERCHANT ships - these |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Jerusalem Post? Now, there's an unbiased news source... n/t |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. Turkey and Israel do $3 billion worth of trade with each other |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. K&R - Turkey should ban all trade with Israel and provide naval escorts for Gaza aid ships. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Yeah, that's gonna happen. |
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abubalboola (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. Israeli troops take over Gaza aid ship Rachel Corrie. Peacefully. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. errr... Israel acted in violation of international law and bears the sole responsibility |
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