The Real Problem is Turkey

It is becoming clearer and clearer that Turkey is not simply critical of Israel, but is in fact hostile to Israel. Think about this for a moment. In the past couple of weeks alone, Turkey has worked with Iran to fabricate a completely bogus nuclear enrichment protocol in the hope of aiding Iran in avoiding sanctions, but not in preventing them from obtaining nuclear weaponry. Turkey has unofficially sponsored a flotilla of ships including one with passengers not only hostile but willing to die and were obviously intent on violence. The most violent group was a TURKISH pro-Hamas “humanitarian” organization, the IHH which controlled the Mavi Marmara in the flotilla. Turkey additionally spoke in the harshest terms about Israel in recent days and clearly has little interest in Israel’s security needs, much less respect for them. Add to this, PM Erdogan’s condemnation of Israel’s efforts in Operation Cast Lead, Turkey’s opposition to America using its territory to preserve American lives and enhance operational capabilities in the invasion of Iraq, and numerous hostile statements made over the past several years and you not only wonder what kind of ally would act in this fashion, but wonder whether or not Turkey is even an ally of America, much less Israel. Erdogan’s goal is for Turkey, if not himself personally, to achieve hegemony over the Arab World and even over the Muslim world just as Turkey once did in those happy and peaceful days of the Ottoman Empire.