Turkey accuses Russia of slander as Moscow has 39 businessmen arrested in wake of downed plane
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Moscow of slander after suggesting Ankara buys oil from Isil, while Russia detains dozens of Turkish businessmen and threatens sanctions
The strategic importance of Turkey
Lesson one)
Where is a big part of the Russian Navy based? How do you get in and out of the Black Sea?. How wide are the Dardanelles, anyway? Why did the Romans also re-locate their capital there with the aim of controlling the very same part of the world as is in our daily news broadcasts?
Into the guts of Russia, yup. How do you think booting Turkey out of the club will look to the rest of the members? NATO should flatten Turkey and thus reenforce the unity of the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization.
Six months ago I didn't know who Ezra was.
And know I do.......
Gosh. It's not as if Ezra Levant hasn't been humiliated enough recently.
As if the people of Paris hadn't suffered enough, as if they hadn't seen enough ugliness.
Well now that horror show just got a little uglier.
Because the self styled Rebel Commander Ezra Levant is in the City of Light, sowing his darkness.
He seems disappointed that the French aren't in a feverish frenzy, and attacking their Muslim neighbours.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ee9J7ZWZpQ&feature=player_embedded
His recent trip to Paris to try to convince the French to hate Muslims as much as him and his crazies do was a
complete bust.
This trip has been depressing, because no one here is angry. They certainly aren't talking about -- God forbid -- letting people arm themselves. It's time for irrational hatred. It's time for vehement patriotism. This city needs a slap in the face.
Thankyou Boomer that was my first encounter with Mr Levent. He's interesting. I didn't know he was a reporter. Quite talented.
It Was Europe, Not Russia, That Was Hit by the Turkish F-16
The downing of the Russian bomber the day аfter the forum of gas exporters in Iran and on the eve of the Obama - Hollande meeting can hardly be a coincidence
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The author is a veteran Russian journalist and founding editor of the investigative newspaper Stringer. He explains how the Turkish provocation could make Europe even more vulnerable to US blackmail.
Originally appeared at Оdnako. Translated by Svetlana Kyrzhaly and Rhod Mackenzie
With just one shot by a Turkish F-16, public opinion that was tilting towards Russia got a ‘reset’. I know it’s bad form to quote yourself, but here is the beginning of my article on the aftermath of the latest terrorist attacks in Paris:
“Barack Obama meets with President Vladimir Putin in the framework of the G-20 summit, and publicly refers to the constructive Russian position on Syria. Francois Hollande announces the entry of France into the war with the Islamic State on the side of Russia. Mass media projects into the public space the theme of a new civilization alliance against the Islamic plague, overshadowing other conflicts such as the Ukraine”.
The downing of the Russian aircraft live on television, two parachutes in the sky, Turkey’s request for a special emergency meeting of NATO instead of a dialogue with the Russian Defense Ministry, and the new alliance against the Islamic plague that was to include Russia, may vanish as if it never existed.
Now Russia alone is supporting Assad, while NATO fights for “the right of the Syrian people to a better life”.
The new paradigm was confirmed during this week’s meeting between Hollande and Obama. The two presidents agreed that the main condition for resolving the situation in Syria is the departure of Assad, and there would be no coalition with Russia against the Islamic State. Referring to his mysterious coalition of 65 countries, (includingTurkey), Obama insisted there could be no cooperation with Russia unless it limits its attacks to ISIS. “Blows to the moderate opposition only strengthen the Assad regime, the cruelty of which contributed to the rise of the ISIS”, he claimed, with little regard for the facts.
The downed Su-24M also created doubts about a number of Russian-Turkish agreements, including the ‘Turkish Stream,’ a new gas pipeline under the Black Sea, penned after the EU blocked the South Stream Pipeline, a previous alternative to the transit of Russian gas destined for southern Europe through Ukraine.
Another alternative to a Ukraine pipeline is a new branch of Nord Stream under the Baltic Sea. But this project is subject to the military situation in Donbas and possible new sanctions against Russia.
US companies have invested heavily in Ukraine pipelines, but they’re worthless without Russian gas.
Not to mention that it’s the 6th fleet that ultimately guarantees the EU’s energy security.
Oh, and how will all this affect the signing of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?
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