Remember Joe Biden’s comment that hostile forces would test Obama in his first six months?
Well, whatever tests have come before, the big test is about to take place, as Russia, Iran and Turkey are uniting to break American influence in the greater Middle East and Central Asia using the excuse of the Gaza blockade:
Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the United States just days before a scheduled American-backed debate in the United Nations Security Council on imposing tighter sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.
But the diplomacy hides the real menace, which is Iran’s entry into the Gaza fray openly by sending ships to break the blockade. The first Iranian ship is scheduled to arrive in days. Israel has vowed not to allow any Iranian ships to approach Gaza.
The Iranian game is clear:
As Iran’s leadership prepares to dispatch a Red Crescent flotilla to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, its propaganda organs are spreading one message throughout the Muslim world: the Jewish state, branded by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as “the Zionist stain of shame”, is heading for its inevitable destruction.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said of these aid ships that “if this symbolic campaign continues, it will result in the surrender of the Zionist regime, which will certainly be one of its biggest defeats”….
Believing that its potential adversaries are weak and indecisive, the Khomeinist regime appears determined to push the region to the edge of war and, perhaps, beyond.
If the Iranians approach Gaza, and Turkey joins its new ally in provoking a shooting match with Israel, this President will be tested as never before.
Erdogan is on the verge of overplaying his hand. He has stoked tension for his political benefit, but by bringing the Iranians into the fight he has gone too far. Turkey risks isolating itself from the West, as even the Europeans cannot stomach a flotilla escorted by Iran; Turkey also will strain its relations with more moderate Arab nations who view Iran as an even greater threat than Israel.
In the next couple of weeks, we may know what the future of the Middle East will look like, as well as the future of the Obama presidency.
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I don't think Israel will show any weakness. If the Iranian ships refuse to cooperate they face being sunk. If the Turkish navy interferes they face the same.
Turkey is a NATO member. Are we obligated? This WILL drag us in at some point. Will The Chosen One stand with Israel? Or stand down?
You are all kidding yourselves. Test or no test, Obama won't even respond to it other than to throw another extremely expensive taxpayer-funded White House party that would make Marie Antoinette envious.
I don't think The One has the ability to think through the situation. What will occur is a second or third flotilla will be sent. The situation with escalate. Israel will ask for US back up behind closed doors. The One will hesitate. Israel will be forced to respond with a show of force. The Arab states will unite along side Iran and begin the saber rattling. The One will get bold. He will ask for formation of a committee to analyse the situation. A period of false war will be entered into. Iran will make increasing threats. Without firm commentment from the US, Israel will be forced to take preemptive action. That will take the form of a very distructive strike at Iran's ability to deloy weapons of mass distruction. Likely nuclear. Russia will be forced to take action. They will either broker a peace favorable to them or assist in a general attack on Israel. Obama's committee will sit and comtemplate the situation. The One will go on TV and threaten to kick someone's ass, depending on who the committee choses. A general conflict will erupt in the Mid East and with Russian help, the State of Israel will end. Or, Israel will return to the state of 1967 and kick ass. Whoever wins, Obama will immediately go to the area and bow to them and offer one trillion dollars in assistance from the US.
Deekaman: Turkey is violating the terms being a NATO member. They are not being attacked and are harassing an ally.
Besides, they are just as likely to be going to war against Iran as they are against Israel. They've really made a mess of this.
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