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Turkish sources are saying that Turkey will be first visit as SOS (Original Post) karynnj Jan 2013 OP
Let's hope this signals a new direction and an end to the meatgrinder in Syria. leveymg Jan 2013 #1
I hope that we can do something positive there karynnj Jan 2013 #2

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
1. Let's hope this signals a new direction and an end to the meatgrinder in Syria.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 11:01 AM
Jan 2013

That, and the accompanying regime change operation in Libya that spread all of Khadaffi's arsenal across MENA, is the worst blotch on America's foreign policy during Obama's first term. Let's all pray we've already seen the worst of the blowback and that the killing stops

karynnj

(59,989 posts)
2. I hope that we can do something positive there
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 12:57 PM
Jan 2013

In addition to Syria, Turkey has in the past been one of the few countries that Israel had reasonable relations with. In the recent past that was destroyed because of the blockaid in Gaza and the attack on the Turkish ship that attempted to break it.

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