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originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: 23432
Banning usury would be hilarious since he accepted the loans he has taken that do exactly what banning usury purpose is.
Erdogan used to act like a sufi before the power went to his head.
Egomaniacs use whatever cause necessary to achieve more power. Whet he r a third Reich, an alternative right, socialism, etc...
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
a reply to: 23432
Do you have a link to his comments regarding the firmament?
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: 23432
I do see ithat silly. Just told you so..
How did Hitler get those folks on board?
Sure it was a bit more extreme but there is plenty of time for the little guy to go fI'll nut bar.
You are a terrific sponsor of his moronic ideas.
Like I said. He sponsored usury by accepting short term loans economically speaking. Maybe you don't understand what that means.
For him to look good and go around kissing babies at this massive "growth" and new city scapes he sold out the currency and labor force...
Are you that oblivious?
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: 23432
Stay current! Do you not really see a little difference in how Trump views things? Granted, there are powers involved that can mess things up....IF. in fact, Trump is fully his own man in this issue, but allow that possibility in your views.
The games in the ME likely aren't fixable by Trump or anyone else outside that region, but by george, he sure as heck can give em pause....
originally posted by: gort51
With all the Middle East turmoil, generally fed by the West (ie USA), perhaps the time is right for the return of another "Empire" in that region....maybe the Ottomans again?
While Turkey has a great presence in the region, I would think a relatively feared peoples of that region, would be the Iranians.
Only a scant 40 years or so ago, Iran was a pillar of modern society, albeit as a lap dog of the USA.
The Iranian peoples are quite proud of their heritage, and make it Well aware to foreigners, that they are Not Arabs!!, and have a far richer history than most in the area, save the Egyptians perhaps.
It may really not take much of an effort to meld the current "Arab" Moslem religious teachings into a new and greater force.....
A New Persian Empire!
Imagine if the Iranians could be lead by a charismatic secular leader, who wants to united the peoples under the banner of the "Persian" doctrine......
I would think that the Turks would be quaking in their boots at that thought.
And the Iranians (Persians) Do have the "Bomb". and a button on their desk too.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: Theprodicalson
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
Wonder what will happen when Turkey start killing American backed Kurdish fighters ?
The US will abandon the Kurds....as it always has.
Defending the Kurds might be the right thing to do, but is not the most profitable or politically practical thing to do...... and so the USA will throw them under the bus as profit and politics come before morality.......
Sames goes for France and the UK, they will throw the kurds under the bus too for the same reason.
Historically, I'd agree. In this case we have the 'Trump factor'. He is one who doesn't always follow the beaten track...
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: Theprodicalson
the Deep state wont allow him to help the Kurds?? Who do you think has been sending them Manpads, armored trucks, heavy artillery, ATGM's, endless shipments of surplus rifles and Multi Launch rocket systems, drones,etc.. etc..
the list goes on. I guess none of that came from the deep state though. The separation of Rojava has been a deep state operation.
The plans of the US-led coalition to form new "Border Defense Force" have sparked angry reaction from Turkey as Ankara has repeatedly accused the US of arming some of Syrian Kurds, which the Turkish side regards as terrorist groups.
The US is creating a "terrorist army" under the guise of border security forces in northern Syria, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday.
US forces illegally occupy a 55 square km area in southeastern Syria near the Iraqi border.
Russia’s General Staff called the area a staging ground for US armed struggle against the Syrian government, using ISIS and other terrorists, Kurdish YPG fighters used for the same purpose in northern areas near Turkey’s border.
According to Russian General Staff chief General Valery Gerasimov, US special forces airlifted ISIS terrorists from Deir Ezzor to At Tanf.
originally posted by: Theprodicalson
originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: Theprodicalson
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
Wonder what will happen when Turkey start killing American backed Kurdish fighters ?
The US will abandon the Kurds....as it always has.
Defending the Kurds might be the right thing to do, but is not the most profitable or politically practical thing to do...... and so the USA will throw them under the bus as profit and politics come before morality.......
Sames goes for France and the UK, they will throw the kurds under the bus too for the same reason.
Historically, I'd agree. In this case we have the 'Trump factor'. He is one who doesn't always follow the beaten track...
He is a buisnessman not a champion of morality.
He will view helping the kurds at the expense of Turkey a "bad deal for the usa".
Plus the deep state wont allow him to help the kurds.
And he has already shown he will suck up to morally deficient regimes in saudi arabia.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: 23432
We shall see whether the man moves into Syria or not. If he does....he's toast.
Loved by Billions of Muslims?? There aren't 'billions of Muslims' to love him! Then there's the Iranians and their equally myopic desire for another 'Persian Empire'. I doubt the Persians 'love him'.
Then there's the Levant crowd and looking at their intentions, they've already split the power among themselves, in advance and have zero desire or intention of letting him in to play.
Sorry, but there's more going on than a resurrected Ottoman Empire going on here.
Putin and Trump together can keep this from getting out of hand. Otherwise, there will be no Empires. Nothing will be left for a long time...