{"id":5018,"date":"2020-02-19T11:43:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/?p=5018"},"modified":"2020-02-19T11:43:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:43:22","slug":"middle-east-digest-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/middle-east-digest-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Turkey<\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LIVE: Turkey&#8217;s President Erdogan is threatening an imminent operation to push back Syrian forces in Idlib province. <br \/><br \/>LATEST: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TMZtFGOxV\">https:\/\/t.co\/8TMZtFGOxV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k3McYJnotf\">https:\/\/t.co\/k3McYJnotf<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJENews\/status\/1230085691117273088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It seems that Erdogan is doubling down on stupid. He has no friends left and his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. Russia gave him another chance after he shot down one of their fighter jets and he has thrown it back in their face. He was to be a regional power but no one trusts him anymore. The following is an excellent article on the Saker (read the comments as well) <a href=\"https:\/\/thesaker.is\/erdogans-long-coming-reality-check\/\">Erdogan\u2019s Long-Coming Reality Check<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h1>al-Qaeda or ISIS or&#8230;.<\/h1>\r\n<p>They try to make it as confusing as possible all those &#8220;different&#8221;\u00a0 freedom fighters (terrorist) with all those different names.\u00a0 All you need to know is that they are supported by the Anglo-Zionists (and Turkey). However, the West is very upset because the <del>terrorists<\/del> freedom fighters have been defeated in Idlib.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now sure what Idlib province is or why Americans and Turks wanting to protect it so badly? Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brett_mcgurk?ref_src=twsrc\r\n\r\n%5Etfw\">@brett_mcgurk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwwTSebw6O\">pic.twitter.com\/lwwTSebw6O<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Bassem (@BBassem7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBassem7\/status\/1229446605809389569?ref_src=twsrc\r\n\r\n%5Etfw\">February 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2200 Humvees<br \/>US ArmyTrucks<br \/>1000s ToyataTrucks<br \/>were handed over to ISIS &amp; these CONVOYS NEVER GOT BOMBED BY US FORCES <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUkc8EtFu4\">pic.twitter.com\/RUkc8EtFu4<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Nardeep Pujji (@AWAKEALERT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWAKEALERT\/status\/752696960344293376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Honestly, they&#8217;re not jihadis. It&#8217;s just a common flag design, that&#8217;s all&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sT1qFoOsx1\">https:\/\/t.co\/sT1qFoOsx1<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/21WIRE\/status\/1229886472775487490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h1>Israel<\/h1>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ask yourselves why this IS!<br \/><br \/>&#8220;Israeli govt audaciously claiming Israel can \u201clegislate anywhere in the world,\u201d that it is \u201centitled to violate the sovereignty of foreign countries,\u201d &amp; that it \u201cis allowed to ignore the directives of international law in any field it desires\u201d&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sj79YRaoyc\">https:\/\/t.co\/Sj79YRaoyc<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Joanna Justice\ud83d\udcab (@unikgirl11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unikgirl11\/status\/1229504363078529030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you want to understand how the Israeli lobby propaganda works, you need to read the Luntz document. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPP0en4oab\">pic.twitter.com\/NPP0en4oab<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Lord Lurkin \u265e (@Hakicat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hakicat\/status\/1220900036399239168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey &nbsp; LIVE: Turkey&#8217;s President Erdogan is threatening an imminent operation to push back Syrian forces in Idlib province. LATEST: https:\/\/t.co\/8TMZtFGOxV https:\/\/t.co\/k3McYJnotf \u2014 Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) February 19, 2020 &nbsp; It seems that Erdogan is doubling down on stupid. He has no friends left and his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. Russia gave him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[820,609,1456,361,41,1541,736,641,625,606,42],"class_list":["post-5018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east","tag-al-qaeda","tag-erdogan","tag-idlib","tag-isis","tag-israel","tag-jihadis","tag-middle-east","tag-propaganda","tag-syria","tag-turkey","tag-zionists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5018"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5030,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions\/5030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}