‘Turkish FM slams Israel for strikes, Syria for inaction’
‘Turkish FM slams Israel for stri… JPost – Diplomacy & Politics.
( Wow… This goes beyond the usual self parody… Through the looking glass. .. Turkey begged for and received NATO patriots to defend against Assad. Now Turkey attacks Assad for NOT attacking Israel. Oh, and throws in a “conspiracy theory” for good measure. I think it’s time NATO booted a country that claims to be more extreme than Assad. – JW )
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday slammed both Israel for reported strikes in Syria earlier in the week, as well as Syria for its failure to respond to the attacks, Turkish daily The Hurriyet reported.
“Why didn’t [Bashar] Assad even throw a pebble when Israeli jets were flying over his palace and playing with the dignity of his country?” The Hurriyet quoted Davutoglu as saying.
“Why didn’t the Syrian Army, which has been attacking its own innocent people for 22 months now from the air with jets and by land with tanks and artillery fire, respond to Israel’s operation? Why can’t Assad, who gave order to fire SCUD missiles at Aleppo, do anything against Israel?” the foreign minister said to reporters.
He further suggested that Assad’s inaction was due to “a secret agreement” with Israel and vowed that Turkey would not sit still in the face of an Israel attack on any Muslim country.
Time magazine on Friday cited Western intelligence officials as saying that IAF raids overnight Tuesday struck multiple targets in Syria.
Syria on Wednesday publicly accused Israel of striking a scientific research center northwest of Damascus, denying reports that the strike had targeted a suspected shipment of anti-aircraft missiles en route to Hezbollah in Lebanon. The description of the military research center that Syria claimed the IAF jets targeted fits the definition of Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center, which has been labeled a state organization responsible for developing biological and chemical weapons and transferring them to Hezbollah and Hamas.
Time quoted a Western intelligence official as saying that the IAF had targeted at least one or two more targets overnight Tuesday and that the US has given Israel a green light to carry out additional strikes.
WarSclerotic 
February 2, 2013 at 2:48 PM
Israel is the currency the muslims are using when paying, buying and selling political goods. Is as simple as that. And, by the way, not only the muslims but the rest of the world, too.
February 2, 2013 at 2:55 PM
Oh the turks again
February 2, 2013 at 2:59 PM
Erdogan is a schizophrenic lunatic,i am not saying this to be derogatory it is the truth,there ill be outrage in NATO notice there were few NATO members willing to help Turkey,Erdogan is now digging his final hole showing his true colours,there will be no going back,there will be repercussions in NATO because of this statement,Turkey will soon be removed,its already getting round that this will be the last straw,the only country turkey is capable of hurting is itself,there is already a growing consensus that turkey will have to leave,Turkey has been in secret negotiations over joining the SCC,Turkey will soon be shown to be the lieing snake it truly is.
February 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_01/02/2013_481778
February 2, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Aren’t you forgetting that Erdogan is Hussein Obama’s most trusted foreign leader. Closely followed by Morsi.
February 2, 2013 at 5:38 PM
The usa doesn’t have that much say in nato theirs a consensus growing about turkey,turkey will never be a EU member
February 2, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Lets see….’The enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ Unless, of course, you are Turkey. Using this logic, Erdogan clearly views Israel as an enemy while he obviously views Syria as a friend. Unfortunately, he has to deal with this pesky little NATO ‘thing’. Therefore, I submit Turkey is using NATO for something. Protection from the Russians perhaps?
February 2, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Sure it will… Once Europe has an Islamic majority. How long? Not very…
February 2, 2013 at 6:42 PM
The entitlement programs grossly exploited by the Islamics will collapse first, then they will take to the streets and wreak havoc on the countrys that fed and cuddled them. In other words, just another day in the life of an Islamic.
February 2, 2013 at 5:54 PM
Feed Turkey to the Orthodox Russian bear.
No more Islam.
February 2, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Russia and Israel have more in common than most think.