Peloni: This is a very important and highly recommended video. Mike Doran makes a detailed and emphatic case for the support of Turkey’s moves in Syria as being not only in Turkey’s interests but also in Israel’s interest. He makes the point that Turkey’s eminent and utter victory over the Kurdish YPG forces in northern Syria are not a major victory over a Iranian allied force, but that it would also be nearly impossible to prevent this victory from taking place, and will likely be supported by the incoming Trump administration. In regards to concerns of Erdogan being an Islamist leader, Mike argues that Erdogan’s Islamist nature is only secondary to his pragmatic nature, and that he has basically ceded national security control over Turkey to the establishment which has only Turkey’s national interests in mind. Consequently, he argues that should Israel support Turkey’s conquest over the Kurds, Israel and the Turks could move forward together while turning Syria into a buffer state, but if Israel should show support for the Kurds, the pragmatic nature of the Establishment will see Israel as a threat and act accordingly.
Mike’s arguments, however, seem to ignore Erdogan’s interest in recreating the Ottoman Empire, which will only be encouraged evermore by Turkey’s expansion into Syria. He also downplays the import Islamist nature of Turkey, which now hosts the Islamist Hamas political elites, and helped finance and arm the Islamist forces which toppled Assad’s regime. In fact, the Turkish backed, Islamist rebels in Damascus should be seen as little more than a sword of Damocles wavering overhead of Israel, with the ultimate control emanating from Ankara, leaving Syria to appear far more like a Turkish proxy state than as a buffer state as Mike describes it will be.
Hi, Peloni
The ME situation right now is too fluid, to draw any lasting conclusions. The only picture I can rely on at this point, is that painted by Ezekiel 38:
Ezek.38
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,..
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog (Erdogan) , the land of Magog (Turkiye), the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (unclear):
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
[5] Persia (Iran), Ethiopia (Port Sudan), and Libya (Tobruk) with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Note that Iran is prophesied to be in a subservient position to Turkie’
Your friend Mike reminds me of a Jewish American political pundit/historian who was focused on Turkey. Sorry I can’t recall his name. Funny I don’t hear about him anymore. I used to debate him on his pro-Turkey articles years ago.
People like him have some bread in the game for various reasons. And the results are never good. Because they have dreams or wishes that are not based on reality. He kept telling me how history has shown Muslims to be our friends. Better than the Christians. Recall the Golden Era for example? Of course I know about those times. But that is not relevant to the current times. Turkey under Erdogan is clearly and absolutely not our (Jews/Israel) friend. No past history lessons or hopes to make them our friends now will change the facts on the ground. If anyone can recall his name, pls let me know. Thanks.