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US green lights $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite democracy concerns

March 22, 2012 in Anarchy, Constitutional, Israel by mike

As Egypt’s parliament dubs Israel its “number one enemy,” Obama resumes military aid to Egypt

“Egypt’s parliament, which is dominated by two pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist groups, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists, voted unanimously last Monday to expel Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, and signaled that the Camp David Accords would soon be a thing of the past: Egypt, the parliamentarians declared, would “never” be Israel’s ally. In fact, Israel was Egypt’s “number one enemy.” And how did Barack Obama respond to this egregious trampling upon the agreement that has kept an uneasy peace between Israel and Egypt for thirty years? By announcing a resumption of military aid to Egypt.”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/03/as-egypts-parliament-dubs-israel-its-number-one-enemy-obama-resumes-military-aid-to-egypt.html

Is Another constitutional Crisis looming with the

Obama Administration?

“Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton determined that it was in the U.S. national interest to allow $1.3 billion in military assistance to flow,…’ even though members of Congress say that her waiver is illegal and have sent a letter stating so! 

Will our Republican House finally challenge the Obama Administration’s  latest usurpation of Congressional  Power, or will they once again pass?

 

 

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Report: Turkish frigates to confront Israeli ships in Mediterranean

September 16, 2011 in Middle East Peace by mike

12 September 2011

Turkish frigate TCG Giresun is seen near Turkey’s Aksaz naval base in this June 2009 file photo. (Photo: AA)

“The Turkish Navy is planning to dispatch three frigates to the Eastern Mediterranean to ensure freedom of navigation and to confront Israeli warships if necessary, a Turkish news report said on Monday.

The Turkish frigates, to be dispatched by the Navy’s Southern Sea Area Command, will provide protection to civilian ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, blockaded by Israel since 2007, the Turkish daily Sabah reported. If the Turkish warships encounter an Israeli military ship outside Israel’s 12-mile territorial waters, they will advance up to 100 meters close to the ship and disable its weapon system, in a confrontation that resembles dogfights in the Aegean Sea with Greek jet fighters, according to the report.”

Glenn Beck has been warning that the Middle East Crisis has entered a new phase. Turkey had been a staunch ally of the West since joining NATO in 1952 and  in 1996 they became the first Muslim Country  to ever sign a  Mutual Defense cooperation agreement with Israel. Relations with Israel began to fade when the Islamic Justice and Development Party came into power in 2002, headed by  Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Islamic Fundamentalists had been seeking to overthrow the Turkish Government for decades. However, the military has acted as guarantor of  Turkey’s secular republic since being entrusted with that power in 1923 by Musta Kemal Ataturk , the” Father of Modern Turkey”.

However,  in 2003 after being elected, Prime Minister,   Recep Tayyip Erdoga began moving Turkey away from a secular republic, towards a Muslim Theocracy. Fearing a military coup, he  was very careful not to move forward to quickly or to recklessly . Then on April 8th of this year, Recep Tayyip Erdog was able to appoint new senior generals, friendly  to his cause,  in a move seen as consolidating his control over the military.

This is the backdrop and the reason why placing 3 frigates outside of  Israeli waters  is fraught with danger  and could lead to military  confrontation at any moment.  Read more here:

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-256510-report-turkish-frigates-to-confront-israeli-ships-in-mediterranean.html