Turkey Out, Greece In

Here we go again with another leader of an Islamic country shooting of his mouth against Israel for the sole purpose of garnering support amongst the masses in their countries. Instead of telling their citizens the truth, they tell lies to their people and attribute all that is wrong in their societies on Israel. Turkey's leader has unilaterally transformed his nation from a peace partner with the West and Israel to just another loser society that will continue to be left behind as the rest of the world advances. All in an attempt to amass personal power and inflate his ego. Antisemitism is always an incredibly forceful rallying cry even as his nations falls farther and farther behind the rest of the world. The citizens will mind-numbingly tolerate any destruction of their own countries as long as they are fed a constant stream of antisemitism.

Erdogan wants to inflate his chest and act like a big bully while picking on Israel as so many other neighboring states are doing. He thinks he's got nothing to lose by tormenting and threatening Israel but I think Israel's big brother needs to step in and put this power hungry Ottoman in his place. The US needs to send warships to the area and demonstrate it's support of Israel and its intolerance of Turkey's provocations.

The Turkish leadership is threatening Israel's exploration and exploitation of energy finds in the Eastern Mediterranean. Here's the deal. For a 10% cut of the mined gas, the US will provide protection for the extraction of the fuel in that area. This way the US gets reimbursed for its expense and maintains a military presence in that region. The US citizens will be thrilled that they will be getting an economic return on their military investment and exerting a presence in the region.

I remind these leaders to look at their bibles, specifically Genesis 12:3. Those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed. Turkey is definitely being led down the wrong road but ironically Greece may be the beneficiary. It appears that Greece is in dire straits of its own as insolvency is being considered but it is establishing closer military ties with Israel. As they help and support Israel I believe they will be helped with their economic problems.
In a strange quirk of history even as Greece looked to destroy Israel and the Jews two thousand years ago it may be that they will now assist each other in their current existential challenges.