tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6580008993212949393..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Entangling AlliancesDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90892923028963743382012-10-04T23:36:23.747-04:002012-10-04T23:36:23.747-04:00In Istanbul, about 5,000 people took to the city c...<i>In Istanbul, about 5,000 people took to the city centre yesterday evening in a peaceful anti-war protest, which also turned into a demonstration against Mr Erdogan's ruling AK Party.<br /><br />"The AKP wants war, the people want peace!" "No to war, peace right now!" the crowds chanted as police looked on.<br /><br />Turkey is sheltering more than 90,000 refugees from Syria and fears a mass influx similar to the flight of half a million Iraqi Kurds into Turkey after the 1991 Gulf War.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84864396028009486742012-10-04T23:27:13.536-04:002012-10-04T23:27:13.536-04:00Oil fell in New York and headed for a third weekly...<i>Oil fell in New York and headed for a third weekly decline on speculation the biggest gain in two months yesterday was exaggerated amid rising supplies.<br /><br />Futures slid as much as 0.4 percent after surging 4.1 percent yesterday on concern tension between Turkey and Syria will disrupt Middle East output. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest crude producer, sees no difficulty in meeting demand, according to Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Prices surged yesterday as Turkey’s parliament authorized the government to order military action in Syria after a mortar bomb fired across the border on Oct. 3 killed five Turks. The decision highlights the risk that neighboring countries may be drawn into Syria’s civil war.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37708293849496937792012-10-04T23:23:30.916-04:002012-10-04T23:23:30.916-04:00President Mittens is going to expand the military ...President Mittens is going to expand the military by 100,000 troops.<br />Gotta do something with those new hires.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58148035436678735762012-10-04T23:20:59.850-04:002012-10-04T23:20:59.850-04:00Worry? We have no need to worry...
Worry? We have no need to worry...<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35777217505872436252012-10-04T22:30:33.682-04:002012-10-04T22:30:33.682-04:00Big Bird is about to get fired, and you're wor...Big Bird is about to get fired, and you're worrying about <i>Syria?</i> And, <i>Turkey?</i><br /><br />Have ye no Humanity?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19359656096155611792012-10-04T22:30:22.427-04:002012-10-04T22:30:22.427-04:00The Turks have shed bblood, standing shoulder to s...The Turks have shed bblood, standing shoulder to shoulder with US.<br /><br />More than can be said for any other nation state in the Middle East.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41296728302451452632012-10-04T22:20:43.747-04:002012-10-04T22:20:43.747-04:00The Ottoman Empire II? It doesn't sound all &...The Ottoman Empire II? It doesn't sound all "that" bad, does it? :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71485682076326001312012-10-04T22:08:35.689-04:002012-10-04T22:08:35.689-04:00This increasingly murky and unpredictable situatio...<i>This increasingly murky and unpredictable situation is not something outside powers, including NATO members, want to be drawn directly into if it can be avoided.<br /><br />However, the current tension between Syria and Turkey is a warning of just how easily an already dangerous situation can get out of hand with no one able to predict or control what may follow next.<br /><br />Because of the dangers this represents for both the Syrian population and the always volatile Middle East it’s imperative that major powers reach an early agreement to establish some form of direct UN intervention to head off an even wider conflagration in the region.</i><br />samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com