Turkey Strikes Again, And Now Its Time for the US To Say Goodbye

Remember in my last post how I mentioned that Turkey's true colors were starting to show? Well, it seems as though I may not be crazy after all.

I am going to begin by discussing Hamas for a bit.

Hamas (in Arabic, an acronym for "Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamia" -- Islamic Resistance Movement -- and a word meaning zeal) is a political body based in the Gaza Strip and organized and run by Palestinian Sunnis.

Its origin lies in the famous 6 Day War, when Muslims living in Israeli occupied territory began violent riots of resistance and overthrow. Hamas rose from the political party known as the Mujama.

It was with Mujama that Israel experienced something very similar to what the U. S. experienced after the Russians left Afghanistan in 1979.

In 1978, Russia invaded Afghanistan with the hopes of annexing that nation. The U. S., obviously in very deep with Russia due to The Cold War, sent the CIA and other special operation forces to Afghanistan to train and equip the local resistance, called the Mujahideen. The goal of the U. S. was to aid Afghanistan, which lacked a formal army, in defeating a common enemy. Any blow to Russia is a punch landed by the U. S., a defeat for Russia is a victory for the U. S., regardless of where on the globe it occurs. Eventually, in late 1979, after barely a year, the Russians left Afghanistan because they did not feel like expending the energy required to defeat the Afghan rebels who were being aided by the United States.

When Russia left, so did the CIA and the other special operations forces. But what didn't leave with the U. S. was all the weaponry and training that we supplied to the Mujahideen. Among the soldiers of the Mujahideen was young man rising quickly through the ranks due to his eagerness to learn and natural leadership skills. His name was Osama Bin-Laden.

Osama Bin-Laden had the training and the weapons, and now all he needed was the money. He found the money, and the rest is history.

The Mujama political party of Palestine was quietly being encouraged by Israel because, at the time, the Mujama had no military ambitions and was viewed by Israel as an alternative to our old friends over at the PLO. Another thing that Israel liked about the Mujama was that the Mujama was opposed to any international meddling, or conferences, or the like, for any resolution to the situation in Palestine, and so was Israel. So, Israel would give encouragement to the Mujama in hopes of bringing about internal change in Palestine.

Well, in 1987, during the 6 Days War, Hamas splintered from the Mujama, the Mujama disintegrated, and Hamas turned on Israel.

In order to best summarize what Hamas has been responsible for over the years, I quote from the Council on Foreign Relations:

"Hamas is believed to have killed more than five hundred people in more than 350 separate terrorist attacks since 1993. Not all Hamas's attacks have been carried out by suicide bombers. The group has also accepted responsibility for assaults using mortars, short-range rockets, and small arms fire. In 1996, Hamas bombings played an important role in undermining the election hopes of Labor Party leader Shimon Peres, who represented the succession to assassinated Oslo Accords signatory, Yitzhak Rabin. (Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, who ran against the accords, won instead). Between 2001 and 2003, in particular, Hamas and its comrades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad carried out dozens of such attacks, ultimately leading Israel to begin construction of a barrier between itself and Palestinian regions."

Most notably, as you may or may not remember, Hamas was responsible for the 2008-2009 missile attacks on Israeli villages and took part in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese Army.

Lastly, the following is, word for word, the Hamas Charter:

"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it." (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory).

"The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. "

"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors."

"After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof of what we are saying."

"Moreover, if the links have been distant from each other and if obstacles, placed by those who are the lackeys of Zionism in the way of the fighters obstructed the continuation of the struggle, the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to the realisation of Allah's promise, no matter how long that should take. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said:

"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim).

"The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine. Muslim Brotherhood Movement is a universal organization which constitutes the largest Islamic movement in modern times. It is characterised by its deep understanding, accurate comprehension and its complete embrace of all Islamic concepts of all aspects of life, culture, creed, politics, economics, education, society, justice and judgement, the spreading of Islam, education, art, information, science of the occult and conversion to Islam."

Sound like nice folks, huh?

I need not belabor the point any longer. Hamas is defined as an official terrorist organization by the U. S., the UN and NATO. We all get the point.

Enter Turkey.

I am going to begin with the Foundation for Human Rights, Liberties and Humanitarian Relief. This organization, its Turkish acronym is IHH, is indeed based in Turkey and was one of the main organizers, along with the Free Gaza Movement (FGM), of which the world already knows is supported by Hamas, of the recent "Charge of the Light Brigade" (if I may . . . trust me, my tongue is firmly ensconced in cheek) on the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

The IHH, has been known, for over ten years to be linked with and even take part in acts of terrorism across the globe. We read in the June 2nd issue of the Washington Times that the connection of the IHH to terrorist organizations has been known by the U. S. for over ten years. Furthermore, an investigation launched in 1997 BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, revealed that "IHH offices in Istanbul were searched and security forces found firearms, explosives and bomb-making instructions, along with a jihad flag . . . After analyzing seized IHH documents, Turkish authorities concluded that 'detained members of IHH were going to fight in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Chechnya.'" "'

Keep in mind folks, this IHH claims to be just your average, friendly, neighborhood charity organization.

The report also reveals that an investigation by our weaker brethren, the French, found that the president of this "charity organization" was found to have been actively recruiting soldiers in the mid-1990s for the coming Jihad. The French report goes on to cite phone records showing numerous phone calls from IHH headquarters to an al-Qaeda safe house in Milan, as well as phone calls to other Algerian terrorist operatives in various locations in Europe. Also, the French report "identified IHH as having played an ' "important role" ' in the al Qaeda-backed Millennium bomb plot in 2000 that targeted Los Angeles International Airport."

According to the story, added to the list of crimes can be impersonating a charitable organization, forgery of official documents, such as passports, and weapons trafficking. Of course, those are all run of the mill activities for charity organizations, right? I have no doubt that the March of Dimes does the same things.

Now, let us connect the dots. Don't worry, there are very few steps involved.

First, this IHH organization has been openly supported by the Turkish government. Second, IHH was a main organizer of the recent "Charge of the Light Brigade." Third, the Turkish government has resoundingly denounced the Israeli raid, the Israeli blockade and our support of Israel. Fourth, the Turkish government likened the deaths of NINE individuals from different nations to the 9/11 attacks on America. That alone should infuriate this nation. Fifth and last . . . I really hope you are all sitting down . . . Prime Minister Recep Tayyid Erdogan of Turkey was quoted today, saying that Hamas is not a terrorist organization.

I quote, from the Jerusalem Post, ' “I do not think that Hamas is a terrorist organization," ' Erdogan was quoted as saying. ' "They are Palestinians in resistance, fighting for their own land." '

The Prime Minister of Turkey doesn't believe Hamas is a terrorist organization!

Prime Minister Erdogan, you proved me right today. Turkey's true colors are coming to the surface. Turkey has shown the world where they truly stand. Mr. Erdogan has expressed exactly how he feels about Hamas and Israel.

Today, June 4, 2010, I am calling for the United States of America to officially sever ties with Turkey. Turkey is not to be trusted, Turkey is no longer an ally of the United States, and with every day that passes, Turkey makes it more and more clear that the United States cannot be allies with both Israel and Turkey. Just look at the chain of events. From uranium sales to Iran, to support of IHH, to support of FGM, to the support of the "Charge of the Light Brigade," to the condemnation of Israel and the attack on Israeli sovereignty, to the insistence that the U. S. use diplomacy with Iran, and now coming to the defense of Hamas. No friend of Hamas should be a friend of ours.

It would be suicidal for the U. S. to sever ties with Israel, absolutely suicidal. Here is why, when the U. S. goes to war with Iran, rest assured, it will happen, who is going to have our backs in that region? Is Lebanon? Is Syria? Is Egypt? Is Jordan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman or Turkey going to have our backs? Dare I say no? None of those nations will be there for us, but Israel will.

The Islamist philosophy of Turkey has finally surfaced, and guess what? It rules in all those other nations too. This war is going to happen regardless of what we do. To quote one of my favorite college professors, "We can no longer sit idly by and watch them (the Islamists) take over the world. It is time to be like our ancestors the Portuguese and wrap our rosary beads around our rifles and do something about it!" The inhabitants of that region of the world are all cut from the same cloth. The time of denial must end, the time of pussy footing must end, we must, for the sake of Western culture and for the sake of our children, join with Israel and squash these nations once and for all. All other avenues have been shown to be dead ends. All of them. We have exhausted all diplomatic possibilities.

Pray for our leaders. Pray for Israel. And pray for ourselves.