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Friend in Need? 'Europe Will Look for Reasons to Have Closer Ties With Russia'
Despite criticism Frohnmaier and his supporters have faced in German media, their proposals could be viewed as an alternative not only for Germany but for Europe as a whole.
He also advocates for a European policy which would be independent of US influence. His movement proposes to abandon the project of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and replace it with a free-trade agreement with Russia.
The party has also stressed the need to lift anti-Russian sanctions to boost Berlin-Moscow economic cooperation.
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'Merkel to Siberia and Putin to Berlin': Germans Voice Their Political Choice
Frohnmaier has also opposed the open-door migration policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to him, the policy has proved ineffective and the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe has demonstrated the flaws of multiculturalism.
Amid the ongoing migrant crisis in Germany, Merkel continues to lose voters to right-wing parties.
Germany should turn away from the "US warmongering policy" and focus on cooperation with Eastern European countries and especially with Russia.
Recently, the AfD came third in municipal elections in the German central state of Hesse, on March 6. The vote took place a week ahead of elections to the state legislatures of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. Frohnmaier is running as a candidate in Baden-Wurttemberg.[/size]
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German politician Markus Frohnmaier believes that Europe needs a policy focused on having good relations with Russia, German newspaper Die Zeit wrote.
Frohnmaier, 24, is a student at a law school, and since May 2015 has been the leader of the youth wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) conservative party, the newspaper wrote.© SPUTNIK/ HOST PHOTO AGENCY
[size]Friend in Need? 'Europe Will Look for Reasons to Have Closer Ties With Russia'
Despite criticism Frohnmaier and his supporters have faced in German media, their proposals could be viewed as an alternative not only for Germany but for Europe as a whole.
He also advocates for a European policy which would be independent of US influence. His movement proposes to abandon the project of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and replace it with a free-trade agreement with Russia.
The party has also stressed the need to lift anti-Russian sanctions to boost Berlin-Moscow economic cooperation.
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[size]'Merkel to Siberia and Putin to Berlin': Germans Voice Their Political Choice
Frohnmaier has also opposed the open-door migration policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to him, the policy has proved ineffective and the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe has demonstrated the flaws of multiculturalism.
Amid the ongoing migrant crisis in Germany, Merkel continues to lose voters to right-wing parties.
Germany should turn away from the "US warmongering policy" and focus on cooperation with Eastern European countries and especially with Russia.
Recently, the AfD came third in municipal elections in the German central state of Hesse, on March 6. The vote took place a week ahead of elections to the state legislatures of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. Frohnmaier is running as a candidate in Baden-Wurttemberg.[/size]
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Re: Sirija
Dobar fajt oko Palmire
Mislim da će isis ispušiti debelo tamo
Najveći je problem ona utvrda na SI koja je na uzvisini i
dobro ukopana sa masu tunela i skladišta.
Pri tom ne mislim na staru kamenu utvrdu već na novije
fortifikacije.
Yehudi- Posts : 14715
2014-04-20
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jebiga to ce trebati avijacija skenjati pa onda pacove istjerati iz rupa
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Padaju poslednja uporišta terorista na severu Sirije
Sirijska vojska i jedinice koje su sa njom u savezu vratile su pod svoju kontrolu preostali deo strateškog puta Hanaser-Alep-Idrija u severnoj sirijskoj pokrajini Alep, javila je iranska novinska agencija Fars.
Vladine snage i dobrovoljačke trupe ponovo su zauzele pet sela u blizini grada Hanaser na severu pokrajine ostavljajući desetine mrtvih i ranjenih pripadnika Islamske države, a njihova vozila i vojnu opremu uništenim.
Sirijska vojska i saveznici pokrenuli su u februaru veliku operaciju protiv pripadnika terorističkih grupa kako bi ih uništila i proterala sa glavne linije snabdevanja od Hame do Alepa.
Ranije su sirijske oružane snage vratile potpunu kontrolu u osam novooslobođenih sela na jugu pokrajine.
U međuvremenu, provladine snage nastavile su sa napredovanjem prema regionima koji su i dalje pod kontrolom terorista i primorale ih da se povuku sa položaja u južnim ravnicama pokrajine Alep.
Pripadnici terorističkih grupa u žestokim sukobima sa sirijskom vojskom i njenim saveznicima u poslednje vreme trpe velike gubitke u ljudstvu i tehnici i gube pozicije u područjima koja su držala pod svojom komandom.
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Re: Sirija
nova pancir koshulja "made in Raka"
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Winter is coming wrote:nova pancir koshulja "made in Raka"
Ma je
Novi križari - Deus vuilt
Yehudi- Posts : 14715
2014-04-20
Re: Sirija
Podsjeća na oklop koji je nosio Ned Kelly, slavni australski odmetnik irskog porijekla prilikom soga posljednjega okršaja sa policijom.Yehudi wrote:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=ned+kelly+armour+template&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&imgil=ymcW6Uhkd1DiuM%253A%253BAQkVXWK5YpcVeM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fkidslovecraft.blogspot.com%25252F2014%25252F11%25252Fned-kelly-model.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=ymcW6Uhkd1DiuM%253A%252CAQkVXWK5YpcVeM%252C_&usg=__ytvpiClMN0_QwlP0NAC99hpSYRc%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiWnOv1iLnLAhVGHaYKHXPmCh0QyjcIKA&ei=dvTiVpaJNca6mAXzzKvoAQ#imgrc=ymcW6Uhkd1DiuM%3A
Ringo10- Posts : 21667
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nego sta je bilo s tom rakom,ocekivah neki masovni napad na taj njihov "glavni grad" kako ga zovu,ali izgleda da je doslo do raspada sistema iznutra,tako ce trebati sjebati i one Serdoganove janjicare,prvo iznutra pa onda izvana
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Re: Sirija
Rano je za to. Jer šta bi onda, morali bi prihvatiti predaju 300 000 zakletih islamista
na raznim frontovima, gradovima i selima. Onda bi svi prešli u tzv
umjerene pa bi nastavili sa svojim sranjima.
Ne ne, polako ih se mora teracati po pustinji ravnomjerno, neka gnoje.
Stotinjak tisuća stranaca se nebi predalo ovako ili onako, triba ih pobiti,
skupa sa simpatizerima i jatacima.
na raznim frontovima, gradovima i selima. Onda bi svi prešli u tzv
umjerene pa bi nastavili sa svojim sranjima.
Ne ne, polako ih se mora teracati po pustinji ravnomjerno, neka gnoje.
Stotinjak tisuća stranaca se nebi predalo ovako ili onako, triba ih pobiti,
skupa sa simpatizerima i jatacima.
Yehudi- Posts : 14715
2014-04-20
Re: Sirija
da jebiga,lukave su te hijene,htjeli bi preci na tu drugu stranu koja je zasticena prekidom vatre,e jebiga nemoze tako,drago mi je da se kokaju medjusobno,kad se dovoljno iscrpe kapitulirace i bez borbe
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Re: Sirija
Ova arapska liga svakim danom sve više pokazuje koliko je zapravo jadna i da nije ništa drugo nego psić cionista i Amera.
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AlfaOmega- Posts : 10385
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Re: Sirija
rat u siriji praktički stao.. fronta prema "zelenim" i assadovima, mirna skroz. tu i tamo rusi iz aviona prelete i to je to. nikakvih pokreta kopnenih jedinica nema.
prema crnima (isis)naravno vode se ratovi, iako bi u teoriji SAA sada mogla posvetiti puno veće resurse i zgaziti ISIS(ISIS se ratuje sa umjerenima, i sa Kurdima, i sa SAA + rokaju ih iz zraka od amera do rusa i ostalih) , opet nema puno pokreta, osim kod palmire.. možda SAA u dogledno vrijeme i oslobodi palmiru, ali generalno, rat je iznenađujuće skoro pa stao..
prema crnima (isis)naravno vode se ratovi, iako bi u teoriji SAA sada mogla posvetiti puno veće resurse i zgaziti ISIS(ISIS se ratuje sa umjerenima, i sa Kurdima, i sa SAA + rokaju ih iz zraka od amera do rusa i ostalih) , opet nema puno pokreta, osim kod palmire.. možda SAA u dogledno vrijeme i oslobodi palmiru, ali generalno, rat je iznenađujuće skoro pa stao..
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Samo da se Palmira oslobodi, i odmah se kreće za As Sukhnah, i pravo na deblokadu Deir ez-Zura. Nemoj se ti puno brinuti yoda, san o katarskom gasovodu za Evropu postaje noćna mora onih koji su ga usnili.
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AlfaOmega- Posts : 10385
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kad se potamane ovi radikalni dzihadisti tek ce onda nastati zavrzlama jer ce se ovi mudzahedini gledati prebaciti na teren ovih drugih sa kojima je sklopljeno primirje,e sad ako ovi drugi to prihvate pravila primirja vise ne vaze a ako ne prihvate onda sljedi medjusobno tabanje,usudio bih se spekulisati i predviditi ovu drugu opciju
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Re: Sirija
tekst letaka
Pročitajte i ponoviti!
Prsten okruženje oko vas je zatvoren. Ostavili smo i mali koridor za izlaz
. Ti imaš posljednju šansu da spasi svoj život.
Ako u roku od četiri sata, nećete napustiti položaj i ne ostavlja, bit će nemilosrdno uništena.
Požuri. Da biste sačuvalii svoje živote.
Vaši zapovjednici izdali su vas , pomoć vam neće stići od nikuda..
Naredba od sirijskog arapskog vojske.
pratnja prsten je stisnut.
Izlazi van! Vrati se kući!
Predajte se sada, ili vidjeti što će se dogoditi sutra.
Predajte se sada, ili vidjeti što će se dogoditi sutra.
Baci oružje! Ili vas ubiti!
Tekst na letcima koji se bacaju iznad Idliba.
Sve po PS-u
Yehudi- Posts : 14715
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[size=34]Smelling EU fear, Turkey moves in for $6.6bn kill[/size]
Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent. Now a freelance journalist based in East Africa, his columns appear on RT, Sputnik, Strategic Culture Foundation and Press TV.
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu © Yves Herman / Reuters
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When the Ankara government carried out a brutal media crackdown at the weekend and then saw minimal Western protest as a result, President Erdogan knew he had the upper-hand – to leverage the refugee crisis.
[size=20]TrendsEU refugee & migrant influx
It seems more than strange that, only three days before a high-profile summit was to take place between European Union leaders and Turkey on Europe’s refugee crisis, the Ankara authorities carried out an audacious assault on democratic rights.
The violent police seizure of Turkey’s biggest opposition newspaper, Zaman, and its immediate cowing into a tame pro-government publication represents the most brazen authoritarian move to date by the ruling AK party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish opposition politicians denounced the full-frontal assault on independent media as tantamount to a coup d’état by Erdogan.
But the Western response to the draconian display of state power was more muted than ever. There was hardly any Western media coverage of the Zaman seizure. Both Washington and the EU merely issued perfunctory statements of“concern,” and breathlessly urged Ankara to respect “free speech” and “core European values.”
Read more
Almost 2,000 court cases opened in 18-months for ‘insulting’ Turkish President Erdogan
In recent months, Erdogan has been locking up journalists and closing critical media outlets. Under his increasingly autocratic rule, the Ankara authorities have prosecuted thousands of citizens who have “insulted” the president through social media.
More gravely, Erdogan has ordered a bloody wave ofrepression against ethnic Kurds in the country’s southeast, with disturbing reports of mass killings by Turkish troops. Turkish military have also been shelling across the border at Kurdish positions in Syria for several weeks now.
It is not as if EU leaders are oblivious to Erdogan’s rogue conduct. An EU report issued in November highlighted the growing repression of human rights. But still Erdogan continued his autocratic power-grab anyway. And the full-scale assault on an opposition news media outlet at the weekend is arguably his most flagrant move yet. The timing suggests it was a gambit to test EU resolve.
In other words, Erdogan knew from the Western silence and empty platitudes that there would be no repercussions for his repressive gambit. And why was that? Because, as Erdogan is all too aware, the EU is on its knees to gain his cooperation on ending the refugee crisis assailing its very foundations. That, in turn, meant that he could send his prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, to Brussels to extract whopping concessions.
Significantly, at the last minute before the Brussels summit opened on Monday, Turkey’s premier Davutoglu pulled out “some new ideas.” One of those “new ideas” was that Ankara was no longer requesting $3.3 billion in EU aid, as it had done four months previously. Ankara was now demanding double the money.
Davutoglu hinted at the upper-hand when he arrived in Brussels, saying: “The whole future of Europe is on the table.” And he also let it be known that Turkey was talking more than just refugees, adding that Ankara expected “a new era in Turkey-EU relations.”
The upshot of negotiations in Brussels this week is that Turkey is to receive a 100 percent increase in promised financial aid from the European Union – to $6.6 billion – supposedly for accommodating Syrian refugees on its territory.
Ankara also wrung a promise from Euroland that its 75 million citizens could avail of visa-free travel by as early as June this year; and, perhaps the biggest prize of all, Turkey got a commitment from Brussels to speed up its long-delayed accession to the European Union.
A Financial Times report hinted at the delicate balancing act: “EU leaders tread carefully over Turkey’s media crackdown,”adding: “Leaders careful not to jeopardize deal with Ankara on migration.”
In theory, the EU has been spared the nightmare scenario of thousands of refugees crossing on a daily basis from Turkey into Greece and thence further north. The uncontrolled migration over the past year was threatening the very existence of the 28-nation EU, with member states publicly bickering over closed borders and perceived unfair burdens.
© Yves Herman / Reuters
What Ankara appears to be giving in exchange is its cooperation in the systematic return of all refugees presently in Greece – some 30,000 – back to Turkey. At some unspecified future date, the EU is committed to take back Syrian refugees in equal numbers in a seemingly orderly process of asylum application. However, it remains to be seen if such a complex arrangement of refugees being brought back to the EU can work in practice. For one thing, the EU will still have huge problems among its member states refusing to take up quotas of asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, what may be deemed certain is the forcible “shipping back” – as European Council President Donald Tusk put it – of refugees from Greece to Turkey. “The days of irregular migration to Europe are over,”said Tusk with a tone of relief following the Brussels summit.
In that grim task of hauling back beleaguered families, the NATO military alliance is to take the lead. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that the alliance was increasing its naval presence in the Aegean Sea to intercept refugee boats.
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The deal thus smacks of an emergency measure where supposed lofty EU principles are being thrown overboard.
EU leaders were increasingly desperate to halt the flow of migrants and this is the outcome. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was under particular pressure to stem the human tide following her erstwhile “open door” policy.
The refugee pathway into Europe has thus been blockaded with this latest EU-Turkish deal, even though there are serious ethical and legal implications over such a drastic measure. Under EU law, all refugees have the right to seek asylum. That is no longer guaranteed, but what is guaranteed is that any refugee boat intercepted in the Aegean will be forced back to Turkey by NATO warships. That is a signal escalation of raw power over humanitarian rights.
The irony of all this is bitter. Only last week, NATO leaders were accusing Russia of “weaponizing Syrian refugees” for alleged political objectives to do with undermining the European Union. That preposterous contention is not worth dignifying with closer examination.
Much closer to reality though is that NATO member Turkey is the party that has weaponized refugees. Erdogan’s state has played a prominent role in inciting the five-year war in Syria for regime change in Damascus. The war is in danger of dragging on even further given Turkey’s ongoing role in illegally supplying weapons and insurgents into Syria. That is the background to why nearly three million Syrian refugees have ended up in Turkey and for why Europe has incurred the destabilizing influx of migrants.
As Syrian President Bashar Assad said recently, Europe’s refugee crisis would be quickly solved if the covert war on his country was stopped. That is achievable if European powers clamped down on Turkey and Saudi Arabia sending weapons and mercenaries into Syria.
But instead, the EU overlords award the Erdogan regime with $6.6 billion while at the same time brutalizing human rights; and thereby ensuring that the whole problem is postponed for a much bigger eventuality.[/size]
Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent. Now a freelance journalist based in East Africa, his columns appear on RT, Sputnik, Strategic Culture Foundation and Press TV.
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu © Yves Herman / Reuters
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When the Ankara government carried out a brutal media crackdown at the weekend and then saw minimal Western protest as a result, President Erdogan knew he had the upper-hand – to leverage the refugee crisis.
[size=20]TrendsEU refugee & migrant influx
It seems more than strange that, only three days before a high-profile summit was to take place between European Union leaders and Turkey on Europe’s refugee crisis, the Ankara authorities carried out an audacious assault on democratic rights.
The violent police seizure of Turkey’s biggest opposition newspaper, Zaman, and its immediate cowing into a tame pro-government publication represents the most brazen authoritarian move to date by the ruling AK party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish opposition politicians denounced the full-frontal assault on independent media as tantamount to a coup d’état by Erdogan.
But the Western response to the draconian display of state power was more muted than ever. There was hardly any Western media coverage of the Zaman seizure. Both Washington and the EU merely issued perfunctory statements of“concern,” and breathlessly urged Ankara to respect “free speech” and “core European values.”
Read more
Almost 2,000 court cases opened in 18-months for ‘insulting’ Turkish President Erdogan
In recent months, Erdogan has been locking up journalists and closing critical media outlets. Under his increasingly autocratic rule, the Ankara authorities have prosecuted thousands of citizens who have “insulted” the president through social media.
More gravely, Erdogan has ordered a bloody wave ofrepression against ethnic Kurds in the country’s southeast, with disturbing reports of mass killings by Turkish troops. Turkish military have also been shelling across the border at Kurdish positions in Syria for several weeks now.
It is not as if EU leaders are oblivious to Erdogan’s rogue conduct. An EU report issued in November highlighted the growing repression of human rights. But still Erdogan continued his autocratic power-grab anyway. And the full-scale assault on an opposition news media outlet at the weekend is arguably his most flagrant move yet. The timing suggests it was a gambit to test EU resolve.
In other words, Erdogan knew from the Western silence and empty platitudes that there would be no repercussions for his repressive gambit. And why was that? Because, as Erdogan is all too aware, the EU is on its knees to gain his cooperation on ending the refugee crisis assailing its very foundations. That, in turn, meant that he could send his prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, to Brussels to extract whopping concessions.
Significantly, at the last minute before the Brussels summit opened on Monday, Turkey’s premier Davutoglu pulled out “some new ideas.” One of those “new ideas” was that Ankara was no longer requesting $3.3 billion in EU aid, as it had done four months previously. Ankara was now demanding double the money.
Davutoglu hinted at the upper-hand when he arrived in Brussels, saying: “The whole future of Europe is on the table.” And he also let it be known that Turkey was talking more than just refugees, adding that Ankara expected “a new era in Turkey-EU relations.”
The upshot of negotiations in Brussels this week is that Turkey is to receive a 100 percent increase in promised financial aid from the European Union – to $6.6 billion – supposedly for accommodating Syrian refugees on its territory.
Ankara also wrung a promise from Euroland that its 75 million citizens could avail of visa-free travel by as early as June this year; and, perhaps the biggest prize of all, Turkey got a commitment from Brussels to speed up its long-delayed accession to the European Union.
A Financial Times report hinted at the delicate balancing act: “EU leaders tread carefully over Turkey’s media crackdown,”adding: “Leaders careful not to jeopardize deal with Ankara on migration.”
In theory, the EU has been spared the nightmare scenario of thousands of refugees crossing on a daily basis from Turkey into Greece and thence further north. The uncontrolled migration over the past year was threatening the very existence of the 28-nation EU, with member states publicly bickering over closed borders and perceived unfair burdens.
© Yves Herman / Reuters
What Ankara appears to be giving in exchange is its cooperation in the systematic return of all refugees presently in Greece – some 30,000 – back to Turkey. At some unspecified future date, the EU is committed to take back Syrian refugees in equal numbers in a seemingly orderly process of asylum application. However, it remains to be seen if such a complex arrangement of refugees being brought back to the EU can work in practice. For one thing, the EU will still have huge problems among its member states refusing to take up quotas of asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, what may be deemed certain is the forcible “shipping back” – as European Council President Donald Tusk put it – of refugees from Greece to Turkey. “The days of irregular migration to Europe are over,”said Tusk with a tone of relief following the Brussels summit.
In that grim task of hauling back beleaguered families, the NATO military alliance is to take the lead. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that the alliance was increasing its naval presence in the Aegean Sea to intercept refugee boats.
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The deal thus smacks of an emergency measure where supposed lofty EU principles are being thrown overboard.
EU leaders were increasingly desperate to halt the flow of migrants and this is the outcome. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was under particular pressure to stem the human tide following her erstwhile “open door” policy.
The refugee pathway into Europe has thus been blockaded with this latest EU-Turkish deal, even though there are serious ethical and legal implications over such a drastic measure. Under EU law, all refugees have the right to seek asylum. That is no longer guaranteed, but what is guaranteed is that any refugee boat intercepted in the Aegean will be forced back to Turkey by NATO warships. That is a signal escalation of raw power over humanitarian rights.
The irony of all this is bitter. Only last week, NATO leaders were accusing Russia of “weaponizing Syrian refugees” for alleged political objectives to do with undermining the European Union. That preposterous contention is not worth dignifying with closer examination.
Much closer to reality though is that NATO member Turkey is the party that has weaponized refugees. Erdogan’s state has played a prominent role in inciting the five-year war in Syria for regime change in Damascus. The war is in danger of dragging on even further given Turkey’s ongoing role in illegally supplying weapons and insurgents into Syria. That is the background to why nearly three million Syrian refugees have ended up in Turkey and for why Europe has incurred the destabilizing influx of migrants.
As Syrian President Bashar Assad said recently, Europe’s refugee crisis would be quickly solved if the covert war on his country was stopped. That is achievable if European powers clamped down on Turkey and Saudi Arabia sending weapons and mercenaries into Syria.
But instead, the EU overlords award the Erdogan regime with $6.6 billion while at the same time brutalizing human rights; and thereby ensuring that the whole problem is postponed for a much bigger eventuality.[/size]
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