{"id":29929,"date":"2016-12-31T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T15:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29929"},"modified":"2016-12-31T10:55:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T15:55:06","slug":"bad-behavior-by-a-supposed-nato-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29929","title":{"rendered":"Bad Behavior By A Supposed NATO Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal<\/a> is reporting today that Dion Nissenbaum, a Wall Street Journal staff reporter, was detained for 2 1\/2 days last week and not allowed to communicate with either his family or an attorney.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Mr. Nissenbaum\u2019s detention came amid a broader crackdown on press freedom in Turkey<\/a>, where dozens of reporters, mainly Turkish, are behind bars. Since the summer, Turkey<\/a>, where the government has imposed a state of emergency, has closed more than 100 domestic media outlets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While in custody, Mr. Nissenbaum, a U.S. citizen, was denied access to lawyers despite repeated requests, he said. He also wasn\u2019t allowed to contact his family or his employer. Mr. Nissenbaum said authorities told him he was under investigation, but they declined to say for what.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is time to reevaluate our relationship with Turkey. Turkey is moving closer to Russia<\/a>, but at the same time President Erdogan<\/a> is also moving toward the establishment of an Islamic state. At some time in the future, that will be a problem for the relationship between Turkey and Russia, but right now that relationship is useful to both countries. Erdogan wants to end any idea of an independent Kurdish nation<\/a> by crushing the Kurds and Russia wants to keep Syrian President<\/a> Bashar al-Assad<\/a> in power. Right now, they can work together. It is anyone’s guess as to how long that alliance will last. Erdogan’s goal is to recreate the Ottoman Empire<\/a>. As a Muslim, Erdogan would be quite comfortable with the Islamic principle of taqiyya (deceit or dissimulation, particularly toward infidels–Quran 3:28 and 16:106). Much like Putin, former KGB, would have no problem using Erdogan for his own purposes, Erdogan would have no problem lying to Putin for his own purposes. Good luck to both of them, they deserve each other.<\/p>\n

I think it’s time to reconsider the role of Turkey in NATO<\/a>. As much as it would be nice to have a country in NATO that would be a bridge between east and west, I think Turkey has shown by its actions that it is not that country.<\/p>\n

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