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Reader comment on item: Thoughts on the Syrian Downing of a Turkish Warplane
Submitted by Martin Kaufman (United States), Jun 23, 2012 at 16:40
Can we imagine Israel coming to the humanitarian aid of Syrian Alawites should (a) Turkey intervene in Syria and (b) Sunni Islamists become dominant in Syria? There are certainly Machiavellian reasons to do so -- to counter Turkey and Islamists, to sow discord among Israel's proximate enemies, and maybe even to counter Iranian influence with Hizbollah and Shiites in Syria, but it's obviously also a VERY tricky maneuver.
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| Turkey & Islam [9 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | theantislamist | Oct 15, 2012 16:23 | 199841 | ||
| Sep. 29 fakes part of psychological war [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Syrian Observer | Sep 29, 2012 17:54 | 199286 | ||
| 1 |  Gulf countries drinking the blood of Syrians [181 words] | Syrian Observer | Sep 30, 2012 07:15 | 199286 | |
| Hurriyet [13 words] | Syrian Observer | Sep 30, 2012 14:32 | 199286 | ||
| turkey and iran [373 words] | havas | Jul 2, 2012 12:51 | 196892 | ||
| 2 | Don't fear, grey wolf! Your American masters will fit sharp false teeth ... [36 words] | Ianus | Jul 3, 2012 12:02 | 196892 | |
| Russia, Turkey, Iran, Syria; More Questions Than Answers [507 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 10, 2012 16:51 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | Turkish in confused condition? [368 words] | Angel | Jul 11, 2012 17:13 | 196892 | |
| Turkey Clear Message [115 words] | Angel | Jul 11, 2012 18:08 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | America's - not Turkey's - message! [252 words] | Ianus | Jul 15, 2012 17:50 | 196892 | |
| Ianus's Syrianesque Response [44 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 16, 2012 16:00 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | What is a greater evil for the world - the US-jihadist coalition or the Russian naval base in Tartus ? [148 words] | Ianus | Jul 17, 2012 04:20 | 196892 | |
| The Greater Evil for the World is that Too Few Seek for Its Peace [660 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 18, 2012 19:21 | 196892 | ||
| 3 | The Greater Evil for the World is the US-jihadis coalition then, isn't it? [1768 words] | Ianus | Jul 23, 2012 09:12 | 196892 | |
| A US Led Coalition Will Be the Least of the World's Problems [154 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 24, 2012 19:27 | 196892 | ||
| 1 | The CIA - a charity organization [345 words] | Ianus | Jul 24, 2012 23:34 | 196892 | |
| CIA a Charity Org? - Then What does that Make the UNRWA? [465 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 25, 2012 19:17 | 196892 | ||
| 2 | ı dont understand [311 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | havas | Jun 28, 2012 04:58 | 196779 | |
| 1 | A risk worth taking? No. [24 words] | Lily Flacks | Jun 28, 2012 00:02 | 196774 | |
| 2 | For Qatar and Saudi Arabia [41 words] | Ianus | Jun 29, 2012 17:50 | 196774 | |
| Surprised its taken this long [256 words] | David D | Jun 27, 2012 18:58 | 196766 | ||
| 1 | How many new Bin Ladens are being made in Syria now ? [859 words] | Ianus | Jun 28, 2012 12:38 | 196766 | |
| Response [62 words] | David D | Jun 29, 2012 15:27 | 196766 | ||
| 5 | Assad is a lesser evil [673 words] | Ianus | Jun 29, 2012 17:46 | 196766 | |
| 1 | Which one does pose a greater danger? [275 words] | Aisha | Jul 2, 2012 05:32 | 196766 | |
| only fools rush in to be used by Islam purpose [70 words] | Don Marsh | Jun 27, 2012 18:52 | 196765 | ||
| exposing weakness [146 words] | myth | Jun 27, 2012 08:32 | 196748 | ||
| turkey not so powerful [150 words] | havas | Jun 26, 2012 15:06 | 196713 | ||
| 1 | Erdogan's days are counted. He has got cancer. [178 words] | Ianus | Jun 26, 2012 19:18 | 196713 | |
| 2 | Turkey's Continuing Dilemma - Getting No Respect - Internally or Externally [326 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 26, 2012 19:28 | 196713 | |
| 4 | Havas, restore the "TurkoArab islamic honor" [51 words] | Nikos | Jun 27, 2012 02:38 | 196713 | |
| 5 | The victims of the Turks and their imperialism [329 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 29, 2012 14:56 | 196713 | |
| between the lines [58 words] | David | Jun 26, 2012 04:10 | 196692 | ||
| 4 | Why I Back Assad [73 words] | Dave | Jun 25, 2012 19:54 | 196683 | |
| 1 | Not likely [297 words] | Oz D | Jun 26, 2012 22:27 | 196683 | |
| Turkey is Not Neutral to Syrian Intentions - and Vice Versa [228 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 25, 2012 19:30 | 196682 | ||
| 2 | Turkey will get this one right. [135 words] | Nazim | Jun 25, 2012 10:31 | 196667 | |
| 8 | Turkey is West? Since When? [481 words] | Alexandros | Jun 26, 2012 08:16 | 196667 | |
| 3 | Two hideous alternatives ? [484 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Axel | Jun 25, 2012 08:27 | 196664 | |
| 1 | Don't forget Iran [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Lars Nielsen | Jun 25, 2012 07:53 | 196663 | |
| 4 | Just another personal view [282 words] | Albert | Jun 25, 2012 06:41 | 196661 | |
| Once burned, twice afraid? [149 words] | Vazir Mukhtar | Jun 24, 2012 21:55 | 196653 | ||
| Partition Syria (and Lebanon) [151 words] | jgets | Jun 24, 2012 16:25 | 196648 | ||
| Lebanon will never integrate with Syria [65 words] | Phoenician Lebanese | Jun 26, 2012 09:10 | 196648 | ||
| Population Exchanges [194 words] | jgets | Jun 27, 2012 03:22 | 196648 | ||
| You are 100% right [212 words] | Prashant | Jun 24, 2012 14:29 | 196644 | ||
| 2 | Violance is not an Islamic monopoly [133 words] | mozere | Jun 26, 2012 06:19 | 196644 | |
| 2 | This guy has a point [156 words] | David | Jun 27, 2012 23:45 | 196644 | |
| 1 | Thoughts on the Syrian downing of a Turkish war plane [64 words] | Judith | Jun 24, 2012 11:46 | 196637 | |
| 2 | Luckily this one's easy: The pact can ony be invoked for acts of aggression against a member state. [66 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jun 24, 2012 09:59 | 196632 | |
| Turkey afraid of Syra's alies [95 words] | Henk | Jun 24, 2012 09:57 | 196630 | ||
| 5 | OK! War -- and then what? [115 words] | Pantelis | Jun 25, 2012 08:57 | 196630 | |
| 3 | A coward's grand design [140 words] | Nelson D'Silva | Jun 24, 2012 07:43 | 196627 | |
| Leaving Turkey alone on a Syrian adventure would have negative affects for Israel [231 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Sanane | Jun 24, 2012 04:50 | 196622 | ||
| 2 | CIA instigated operation? [88 words] | Oz D | Jun 23, 2012 21:42 | 196616 | |
| 1 | Huh? [68 words] | Ray | Jun 24, 2012 14:31 | 196616 | |
| 3 | "CIA officers are there, and they are trying to make new sources and recruit people." "I would be shocked and disappointed if we were not doing these things". [759 words] | Ianus | Jun 24, 2012 16:25 | 196616 |
| Whats the bad news? [49 words] | Charles | Jun 23, 2012 18:23 | 196602 | ||
| 1 |  Israel's Strange Dilemma [68 words] | Martin Kaufman | Jun 23, 2012 16:40 | 196598 | |
| Not Strange at All [36 words] | jgets | Jun 26, 2012 15:49 | 196598 | ||
| 2 | NATO [137 words] | William Mallinson | Jun 23, 2012 16:36 | 196597 | |
| 1 | It's in your head [10 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jun 24, 2012 09:57 | 196597 | |
| 2 | both sides [12 words] | mikeT | Jun 23, 2012 16:27 | 196596 | |
| 5 | Good news from Turkey at last ! [295 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 15:51 | 196594 | |
| 2 | Gallipoli [66 words] | gerard | Jun 23, 2012 21:26 | 196594 | |
| 3 | Kemalist jihad - Soviet victory [567 words] | Ianus | Jun 24, 2012 10:45 | 196594 | |
| 1 | Greco Turkish War [257 words] | gerard | Jun 26, 2012 19:09 | 196594 | |
| 2 | Intellectual janissaries [1068 words] | Ianus | Jun 27, 2012 18:19 | 196594 | |
| 1 | The "Jihad" against the entente [189 words] | Gerard | Jun 29, 2012 10:56 | 196594 | |
| 1 | Kemal's shahids and gazis [877 words] | Ianus | Jul 1, 2012 05:55 | 196594 | |
| What better [18 words] | Sylvio Aconapsycus | Jun 23, 2012 15:32 | 196593 | ||
| Turkey relations with neighbours. [51 words] | Walther Metzler | Jun 23, 2012 15:09 | 196589 | ||
| 1 | What Turkey Wants, Turkey Gets [88 words] | Beatrix | Jun 23, 2012 14:47 | 196586 | |
| 2 | Not Turkey, the Turkish lobby in America ! [172 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 20:13 | 196586 | |
| 2 | I was hoping you'd say that! [37 words] | Leon Kushner | Jun 23, 2012 14:39 | 196584 | |
| 4 | An endless list of Turkish defeats, retreats, capitulations, flights and withdrawals [179 words] | Ianus | Jun 23, 2012 19:53 | 196584 | |
| 1 | Greek,Israeli bias [103 words] | Ameer RaschidTurkey | Jun 24, 2012 01:42 | 196584 | |
| 2 | Turkish victories post 1700 [136 words] | Mozere | Jun 26, 2012 09:23 | 196584 | |
| 2 | "It is evident that countries not governed by the laws of the Sheriat cannot survive." [402 words] | Ianus | Jun 26, 2012 18:57 | 196584 | |
| 4 | Turkish "victories" [526 words] | Ianus | Jun 27, 2012 06:57 | 196584 |
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