tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post6434632601455769471..comments2024-03-29T14:17:56.918+00:00Comments on Boffy's Blog: Oppose Turkish Intervention In Israel/PalestineBoffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-57514103672461223402012-11-27T13:22:03.064+00:002012-11-27T13:22:03.064+00:00Possibly so, but that's why the US and NATO wi...Possibly so, but that's why the US and NATO will impress on Israel that it should not pick a fight with Turkey, that would lead to such a lose-lose situation. Its also a reason Turkey would want Patriot Missiles on its border to shoot down any Israeli nukes aimed towards it, and why Europe will want its own NATO missile shield.<br /><br />Provided its Turkey in the driving seat, NATO/Imperialism will hope to keep some kind of control, a control it will not have if instead the cause of the Palestinians/opposition to Israel is in the hands of the Sunni jihadists now in control in Libya and Mali, (possibly soon in Syria) and whose co-thinkers now form the political regime in Egypt and Tunisia.<br /><br />The problem with that thesis is that if Turkey does assume that role, perhaps forcing Israel to concede a separate state for Palestine, a number of other problematics arise.<br /><br />We already have the Two State solutions that some have demanded for a long time i.e. we have a separate Palestinian State in Gaza. It hasn't resolved anyhting for the reasons I outlined 25 years ago in that regard. Palestinians who want the whole of Palestine continue to engage in action against Israel, now with greater force behind them. Israelis who oppose that demand, and who seek a greater Israel, us the power of the Israeli State to enforce their will.<br /><br />Even if Turkey could impose a more extensive Two-State solution, there is no reason that Palestinian militants, and jihadists would not continue their attacks.<br /><br />Similarly, as happened with NATO's promotion of Al Qaeda, now they have taken the jihadi option out of the box in Libya etc. there is no guarantee that NATO and their Gulf allies will be able to put it back, once it has fulfilled its task of removing the Bonapartist regimes, and opening the road to defeating Iran/Iraq.Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-83779422203599535472012-11-27T06:49:29.600+00:002012-11-27T06:49:29.600+00:00If Israel were to be decisively losing a war again...If Israel were to be decisively losing a war against Turkey (or anyone else), wouldn't it force the European NATO states to come to its aid by threatening to nuke them too if it went down?<br /><br />That's the whole point of Israel's Samson Option -- "if we go down, we'll drag the world down with us".George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.com