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“Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist designation could complicate Washington’s relationship with NATO ally Turkey”

REUTERS Trump weighs labelling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group by Steve Holland April 30, 2019 President Donald Trump is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO), the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions … Continue reading

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“Jens Stoltenberg tells Der Spiegel that while Israel is a partner, it is not a member and therefore NATO’s ‘security guarantee’ doesn’t apply to it”

YNET NEWS NATO chief: We won’t aid Israel if Iran attacks Associated Press June 2, 2018 NATO’s secretary-general said Saturday the alliance wouldn’t come to Israel’s defense in case of attack by arch enemy Iran. Jens Stoltenberg told the magazine … Continue reading

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Former NATO Allied Commander: “The U.S. would be well served to more fully develop its partnership with the Israel Defense Forces in several crucial areas as we stand together facing the challenges of the Middle East”

TIME MAGAZINE The U.S. Should Form a Closer Military Alliance with Israel by James Stavridis January 5, 2017 The U.S. spends a great deal of time focusing on the military capabilities represented by the Middle Eastern nations it rightly considers … Continue reading

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Israel gets permanent office at NATO headquarters, led by diplomat Aharon Leshno-Yaar

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel’s first ambassador to NATO presents his credentials by Staff September 16, 2016 Israel’s first ambassador to the 28-member NATO military alliance on Friday presented his credentials to its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg as the Jewish state opened … Continue reading

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“How does a tin-pot dictator such as Erdogan develop the “cojones” to threaten the world’s greatest superpower? Easy – he knows Barack Obama still has half a year as President, and Obama has made a career of bowing and scraping before lesser powers”

TOWN HALL President Obama’s ‘Kick-Me’ Sign by Adam Turner August 11, 2016 Turkey’s Islamist President and would-be-dictator, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently ordered Turkish troops to surround the Incirlik Air Base, where the U.S. has air forces currently engaged in operations … Continue reading

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Israel gets a #NATO office in Brussels

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel confirms upgraded NATO ties as Turkey said to end veto by Raoul Wootliff and AFP May 4, 2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Wednesday that Israel would upgrade its ties with the 28-member NATO military … Continue reading

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What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer August 27, 2015 On September 5, 2014, two days after President Obama visited Estonia to symbolize America’s commitment to its security, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Last week, after … Continue reading

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War Clouds on the Horizon?

NATIONAL REVIEW by Victor Davis Hanson December 4, 2014 A large war is looming absent preventive American vigilance. The world is changing and becoming even more dangerous — in a way we’ve seen before. In the decade before World War … Continue reading

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Can a NATO this large actually function ?

FRESNO BEE by Victor Davis Hanson August 8, 2014 ISTANBUL — April marked the 65th birthday of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed at the height of the Cold War to stop the huge postwar Red Army from overrunning Western … Continue reading

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If We Want to Beat Al Qaeda, We Have to Stop Arming It

FRONT PAGE MAG by Daniel Greenfield June 30, 2014 Obama’s call for $500 million to arm and train Syrian Jihadist fighters couldn’t have possibly come at a more inappropriate time as Al Qaeda in Iraq menaces both countries. It wasn’t … Continue reading

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