tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post1066450906313503817..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Obama Blunders, Turkey Miscalculates, and Hamas Again Fires Rockets Into IsraelJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-83578717888101098652010-06-27T00:19:46.853-07:002010-06-27T00:19:46.853-07:00K2K,
Just read Friedman and was horrified.K2K,<br /><br />Just read Friedman and was horrified.Jeffrey Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-69051425289858851562010-06-26T22:26:44.575-07:002010-06-26T22:26:44.575-07:00JG: most welcome.
PLEASE take on Tom Friedman, w...JG: most welcome. <br />PLEASE take on Tom Friedman, who seems to have suffered an aneurysm before writing this:<br /> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27friedman.html?ref=todayspaper<br /><br />K2KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-45734214633230447472010-06-26T08:29:27.931-07:002010-06-26T08:29:27.931-07:00K2K,
Many thanks!K2K,<br /><br />Many thanks!Jeffrey Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-51341714761706959952010-06-26T08:25:58.636-07:002010-06-26T08:25:58.636-07:00David P Goldman on "Fantasia: Obama’s embrace...David P Goldman on "Fantasia: Obama’s embrace of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatens both Israel and the Palestinian Authority"<br /><br />http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/37048/fantasia/<br /><br />and, hope you are now reading Hudson-Ny blogposts, where Khaled Abu Toameh extends his voice to America, Hagai Mazuz exposes Palestinian textbook and media content, and Harold Rohde's "Turkey in Crisis" delves into same questions here<br /><br />http://www.hudson-ny.org/1383/turkey-in-crisis<br /><br />K2KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-46235318228966536722010-06-26T08:07:39.429-07:002010-06-26T08:07:39.429-07:00"Philip Gordon:...makes it harder for the Uni..."Philip Gordon:...makes it harder for the United States to support some of the things that Turkey would like to see us support..."<br /><br />is code for Kurds (especially in Iraq), hosting Hezbollah (cancelled), Turkey's membership in NATO, Armenia, and Azerbaijan (Hillary will be in Erevan, Baku, and Tblisi July 1-5). Also, Erdogan's sidebar with Obama at G20 may be cancelled.<br /><br />Just like Erdogan overplayed 'the Israel card', Hamas is now overplaying their temporary popularity surge. Even Turkey's Army chief smacked Erdogan on his Israel-PKK conspiracy propaganda, and then sent Turkish military to Israel to resume training on those Heron predators.<br /><br />Give some credit to the U.S./Israeli efforts for Hariri's backing down on Lebanese flotilla.<br />The US backed Israel's statement that any flotilla from Lebanon or Iran would be enemy ships. Also, Israel did a nice job getting Cyprus and Malta, even Greece, on board.<br /><br />Overlooked in the media is Ban Ki-Moon's investigation of Sri Lanka's nasty civil war, and now calling for a UN investigation into the Kyrgyzstan 'riots'. It may be a too-slow, but real, effort by Moon to shift the UN's gaze to the rest of the world.<br /><br /><br />K2KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-53594222685908329662010-06-26T07:14:00.256-07:002010-06-26T07:14:00.256-07:00Hi Marina,
I could write an up-close book about I...Hi Marina,<br /><br />I could write an up-close book about Israel's failed PR over the past decade . . .Jeffrey Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-10260479827297907712010-06-26T06:33:51.502-07:002010-06-26T06:33:51.502-07:00"Not surprisingly, the matter went unnoticed ..."Not surprisingly, the matter went unnoticed by the international press, and there were no calls for investigations from Obama, Erdogan or Ban Ki-moon." Were there calls for investigation from Netanyahu? I did not see any mentioning about it even in JPost. So, what do you expect from Ban Ki-moon? Israel misses important PR opportunity!<br /><br />Otherwise, this is a great and hopeful post. Thank you, Jeffrey.Marina Sapirhttp://sapir.usnoreply@blogger.com