Put this man in charge

Submitted by Jeff (United States), Jun 26, 2013 at 13:06

Another important point to note here is that a cash-strapped Turkey may need access to oil reserves. Turkey has that at it's disposal. The Tammar and Leviathan gas fields of Israel.

Actually, they're not at Turkey's disposal. They belong to someone else. How about Saudi oil fields, are they at Turkey's disposal, too?

If Turkey can snatch those fields away from Israel in a quick six-day war kind scenario , that would be very good.

Oh, so now war is a good thing?

Israel thinks her main enemies are in the Syrian desert fighting amongst themselves but she is not prepared for a quick surprise attack.

Brilliant analysis. If only you were there in 1948, or 1956, or 1967, or 1973, I'm sure the combined Arab armies would have succeeded in their quest to "push Israel into the sea."

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