Comments on: Shimon Peres at Davos http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/31/6247 Cutting straight to the point Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tony http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/31/6247/comment-page-1#comment-35924 Tony Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:13:35 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6247#comment-35924 Erdogan repeatedly asked for "just one minute" to respond to Peres - even though it was clear that the session had made no provision for right of reply. His request was reluctantly agreed to by the moderator. Erdogan then well exceeded his minute and was asked by the moderator to finish. Erdogan spat the dummy and stalked off. His petulant action exposed him as a biased and unrealiable mediator in any Middle East peace process, in thrall to Moussa's League of Arab States clique. This latest incident is a signal of his underlying radical Islamist sympathies - to Israel, to NATO, to the people of Turkey and to the European Union that Turkey wants to be a part of. As for any later complaints about allocation of time, Erdogan and Moussa and, to a large extent, Ban had three chances to bash Israel. Thus, the anti-Israel polemic took up over half the total time allowed. Note Moussa's body language during Peres' response (couldn't keep any further away from Peres in his chair) and how he rushed off the stage immediately afterwards. Erdogan repeatedly asked for “just one minute” to respond to Peres – even though it was clear that the session had made no provision for right of reply. His request was reluctantly agreed to by the moderator. Erdogan then well exceeded his minute and was asked by the moderator to finish.

Erdogan spat the dummy and stalked off. His petulant action exposed him as a biased and unrealiable mediator in any Middle East peace process, in thrall to Moussa’s League of Arab States clique. This latest incident is a signal of his underlying radical Islamist sympathies – to Israel, to NATO, to the people of Turkey and to the European Union that Turkey wants to be a part of.

As for any later complaints about allocation of time, Erdogan and Moussa and, to a large extent, Ban had three chances to bash Israel. Thus, the anti-Israel polemic took up over half the total time allowed.

Note Moussa’s body language during Peres’ response (couldn’t keep any further away from Peres in his chair) and how he rushed off the stage immediately afterwards.

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