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Flotilla was incident between friends

Is Turkey trying to limit the damage?

Senior Turkish diplomats in Washington reaffirmed Ankara’s commitment to maintaining friendly ties with Israel despite ongoing tension from the Gaza flotilla incident on May 31 that left nine activists dead, Turkish daily “Daily Zaman” reports.”Daily Zaman” said that Washington-based Turkish diplomatic sources discussed the content of talks [...]

2010 more like 1938

“The question is not whether to appease Iran or not — but whether Iran is appeasable”

Neoconservatives, Reaganites and other militarily assertive factions in the United States are sometimes accused of thinking it is always 1938 (Britain’s appeasement of Hitler at Munich) — that there is always a Hitler-like aggressor being appeased and about [...]