Erdogan threatens to invade Israel

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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Source: The Telegraph

Turkey’s president has threatened to invade Israel over its continued bombardment of Lebanon.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, of being “blinded by blood and hate” and said there was “no reason” not to attack.

Mr Erdoğan said: “Had Pakistan not been mediating in the war between the US and Iran, we would have shown Israel its place… Just as we entered Libya and Karabakh, we can enter Israel. There is no reason not to do it.”

The speech came after Turkish prosecutors filed indictments against 35 top Israeli officials, including Mr Netanyahu, seeking a total of more than 4,500 years in prison.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/erdogan-threatens-invade-israel-180930252.html

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I thought Erdogan was Trump's buddy

[Deuxcents]

1. There's no honor among wanna be dictators

[UpInArms]

2. Putting the fire out with gasoline

Unfortunately, TFG thought it was a good thing to start the fire

[IronLionZion]

3. Who had WW3 on their bingo card?

Any more countries want to get in on this short excursion that totally isn't war?

[Skittles]

10. I have thought all my life that WWIII would start with Israel

I never thought America would be in cahoots with them.

[IronLionZion]

11. Israel would have a hard time without big brother helping them

[Skittles]

14. I figured they would just instigate something

[LeftInTX]

15. Erdogan threatened Israel in 2024. He also talked it up in February of this year.

He's a thug.

From 2024

https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-statement-on-erdogan-s-threat-to-invade-israel

He threatened to attack Israel in 2025

He threatened Syria in 2022
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/turkeys-erdogan-threatens-new-incursion-into-syria

In 2021, he threatened to expel diplomats of the US, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.

In 2022, he threated to invade Greece

In 2020, he threatened to obliterate the Gulf states


He's a thug.....

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

19. Oh, I definitely did!

It was a 10% probability in my book on inauguration day. It has steadily increased each week since. We're probably at about 70% right now.

[Lovie777]

4. Damn......

the nightmare continues.

[Scrivener7]

5. And here we go. And what is the moral position in this?

[LeftInTX]

6. He won't. Israel's oil comes from Turkey's pipeline, which Turkey benefits from.

It's just bluster.

Also Azerbaijan and Israel are BFFs, so is Turkey and Azerbaijan.

[fujiyamasan]

8. Erdogan is just another thug looking to take advantage of the situation

He knows he could be the next Orban.

[LeftInTX]

13. Isn't he already?

[fujiyamasan]

17. The next Orban?

Not yet. He has to lose big. That’s what I was getting at. He has to keep the masses riled up against Israel and the Kurds.

[thought crime]

7. I didn't expect this. Thanks for posting.

[wolfie001]

9. the fat orange imbecile has really made a mess of things

I'm glad I retired so I don't have to fill my car with gas every 4 roundtrips to work anymore. The stupid CNBC business goof Kernan was blaming Biden about gas prices to Buttigieg from back in 2022 and no one brought up the fact that the fat orange imbecile made that deal with Russia and Saudi Arabia cutting their oil output. The agreement was signed in April 2020. Stupid fuck Kernan ignored that major fact and kept saying it was the Democrats that caused all those high prices. What a stupid fraud. He's a dishonest tRUMP humper.

[AverageOldGuy]

12. Remember the Archduke of Sarajevo?

Of course not. No one remembers anything about him except that his assassination set off WW I. A Sarajevo amounted to a pimple on a flea's ass. Yet . . . . 15 - 22 million died in the ensuing war.

And now we have the leader of one little pissant country threatening to invade another because of his treatment of a third country that amounts to little or nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Meanwhile, the most powerful nation on earth is ruled -- ruled, not governed -- by a demented ignoramus. And he has the keys to the nuclear arsenal.

[cstanleytech]

16. Erdogan is like Trump and Putin in that the only buddy they have is themselves.

[Buddyzbuddy]

18. All so Netanyahu can stay out of prison.

I hope Israeli's stop their madman before he gets them killed. I sincerely hope I'm wrong, there's been enough bloodshed to last a dozen lifetimes.

To all believers and non believers, believe what you choose but ask yourselves, what if this is it. Only this life, no great beyond. You will have risked everything for nothing. No more time with loved ones, no more memories to be made or shared because assholes took advantage of people trying to get to the next life.
Just think about it.
I don't care what you believe, it matters not at all to me as long as it doesn't infringe on others right to live.
Really think about the words don't just say them.

"PEACE BE WITH YOU"

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. Article seems to have been withdrawn, both on Yahoo and at the Telegraph

A google search turns up the Telegraph's Facebook page, but going to that shows it's been deleted. Turkish media says:

Türkiye debunks unfounded claims of invasion threat toward Israel

Türkiye Communications Directorate’s Center for Countering Disinformation has rejected social media claims that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to invade Israel, saying the posts rely on an out-of-context quote from a 2024 speech.

“The assertions in these posts do not reflect the facts and constitute narratives intended to undermine regional stability. In line with its long-standing state tradition and vision, the Republic of Türkiye has consistently assumed a leading role, both in our region and beyond, in advocating for an end to bloodshed, the protection of civilians, and the establishment of lasting peace,” the Center said in a statement Monday.

https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/turkiye-debunks-unfounded-claims-of-invasion-threat-toward-israel

I think this no longer qualifies for LBN.

[Yonnie3]

21. Locking - No story at link n/t