By: Rehmat

Rehmat — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:42:57 +0000

When the so-called ‘Islamist’ Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 – it sent waves of shocks in the Zionist-controlled world capitals. To counter the western and powerful Kemalist army’s opposition, AKP extended its hands in friendship to its Muslim neighbors; Iran, Syria and Iraq. Erdogan coined the ‘Zero-tolerance foreign policy’ toward Turkey’s Arab neighbors. This enhanced Erdogan’s popularity among the Arab population.

Erdogan tried to bring both Syria and Israel on negotiation table. Turkey joined Brazil to resolve Israel’s ‘existential threat’ from a future ‘nuclear Iran’. “Regionally, Iran is the main counterforce to the pervasive western influences. For all players, it’s a country too powerful to be ignored,” wrote Mmitri Sedov in the Strategic Culture Foundation, September 4, 2012.

Ankara exploited the Israeli terrorist attack on Turkish Mavi Marmara aid ship at interanational waters on May 31, 2010 while paid lip services to the Palestinian cause and showed support for Lebanon against Israel.

However, since the arrival of US-sponsored ‘Arab Spring’ – Sunni-majority Turkey saw a window of opportunity to replace Shia-majority Iran as the regional Muslim power. Ankara joined US-Israel-NATO axis to bring an anti-Iran Sunni regime in Damascus in order to weaken Iranian influence in the region. Canadian Jewish academic, professor Michel Chossudovsky (University of Ottawa) and founder of the Centre for Research on Globalization says: “While the Syrian regime is by no means democratic, the objective of the US-NATO Israel military alliance is not to promote democracy. Quite the opposite, Washington’s intent is to eventually install a puppet regime.”

http://rehmat1.com/2012/09/06/turkey-is-in-for-trouble/

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