Sanity Lost In The Middle East

Regional psychopath Turkish PM Erdogon continues to plunge the world head first into nuclear annihilation with his unwise support of pariah Iran much to the chagrin of many Arab neighbors and Western allies. Iran has sent the first of three flotillas to the break the Gaza blockade, stopping over in Turkey first and possibly flying with Turkish flags, albeit so far neither Iran nor Turkey has used military support for these upcoming aid ships. This is a disaster in the making, destroying relationships with Turkey and the West. Erdogon has been reported saying that this discussion of problems with relations with the West is propaganda but throughout Israel and the US, more and more voices are speaking up as saying what Turkey is doing IS destroying our relationship with them. If it was just coming out of firebrands mouths like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Sarah Palin I wouldn't be so worried. But when moderate and smart politicians like Anthony Weiner (D) NY or John Sarnbanes (D) MD condemn Turkey for what happened, the writing is on the wall for which way Congress is going lean. To be honest, Israel and the US are intertwined more than any other country and the loss of Turkey as an ally, although problematic, would be less so than us abandoning Israel which is never going to happen. Politicians need Jewish support to win an election. Look what happened to Helen Thomas, a beloved institution, after she unwisely spoke up against Israel. Out she went and her career forever tarnished. Make no mistake which side we will be on.
Israel's back is against the wall and have begun to make some wise decisions such as reversing their incredibly STUPID decisions to block things like candy, spices and wheelchairs into the Gaza strip. They tried to make Hamas the bad guy but when you're the one blocking the stuff coming in it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who the Gaza people were going to blame. There have been some rumors that the blockade would be coming down soon, with UN or other foreign entities responsible for inspections. As there is no way this will happen before next weeks provocation by Iran and Turkey, I highly doubt this will occur anytime soon.
It has been reported that Erdogon's militant views stem from a true belief that an upcoming clash of cultures will happen soon. Islam and the Western world will never be in sync with one another. The philosophies are too different to coincide. History has shown time and time again when too competing ideologies clash, there can be only one. Think back to political advesaries Communism and Captilism. Communism exists no longer anywhere on the planet. Sure some countries call themsleves Communist but are really more of a totalitarian sects with captialism mixed in. The only place left with any traces of the old ways is Cuba and that is doomed in the long run. Islam is no different. It is incompataible with western veiws, something I first reported way back in 1988. I said then that the next world war wouldn't be about land or resources or politics but religion, particalarily Islam. It seems I was right. Lets hope and pray that cooler haeds prevail next week but I am not optomistic.