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French Journalist: PKK Exploiting Shooting To Spread Hate

As stated the other day… never let a good crisis go to waste TRT Protests in the French capital are “definitely” not in support of families of victims in Friday’s shooting, but an expression of “hatred of the Turkish people” by PKK members, says Jean-Michel Brun. A French journalist has stressed that the PKK terrorist […]

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Merry Christmas

Gratitude- I make a point of expressing gratitude nearly everyday. Merry Christmas to you all

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PKK Claiming Turkey is Responsible for Paris Attack?

A case of never letting a “good crisis go to waste” often attributed to Winston Churchill It’s quite a stretch to make this claim but it plays on a long implanted narrative Gallier2 gallier2says: December 24, 2022 at 12:06 pm•Edit Paris, today. Kurdes are a little bit upset. The latest ‘The murder of Kurds in […]

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Turkish, Russian strategy for Syrian endgame emerging

First, a trip down memory lane. Years back I’d hoped for this type of an outcome with regard to Syria. Yup, I wanted to see Turkey, Syria and Iran work this out, for themselves. If Russia was going to help, that was okay with me. Turkey and Syria should be good neighbours, the neighbours they […]

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Zelensky’s Weapons Wish List Goes Mostly Unfulfilled on Trip to Washington

Archive.ph The Biden administration continues to balk at sending U.S. battle tanks, fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine. WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelensky’s triumphant visit to Washington ended with promises of billions more in U.S. support for Ukraine, but not what he wanted most: American battle tanks, fighter jets and long-range precision missiles. The […]

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No Evidence that Russia is Behind North Stream Sabotage Attack

I omitted the word “conclusive” that was included in the Washington Post headline. Why? Because it’s weasel wording included to cast doubt. You see if there is no “conclusive” evidence than you have to consider their may be circumstantial evidence. Which is a red herring. – The red herring fallacy specifically involves using that irrelevant […]

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Poland to Legalize Participation of Poles in Ukraine Army

It would be convenient to have Poles in the Ukrainian Army if/when Poland opts to annex a sizeable chunk of this present day nation state thereby returning their people and former lands to the Polish state. A legislative draft submitted to parliament by both the ruling conservatives and the liberal and left opposition will make […]

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Flashback: Pt 2 Lavrov- Adana Agreement Understood To Be In Force

original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/pt-2-lavrov-adana-agreement-understood.html via the wayback machine as it looked in 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128184911/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/pt-2-lavrov-adana-agreement-understood.html Putin said: “The treaty between Syria and Turkey of the year 1998 is still valid. And it deals, in particular, with the fight against terrorism. I think that this is the base that closes many issues in terms of ensuring Turkey’s security […]

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Flashback: Russia/Turkey/Syria 2019 & the Adana Agreement of 1998 Still Valid

https://web.archive.org/web/20190127013159/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/russiaturkeysyria-2019-adana-agreement.html https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russia-positive-on-turkeys-plans-to-secure-its-borders-fm-cavusoglu-140741 I’ve written about and mentioned the Adana agreement on more then one occasion here at the blog- One extensive post on the topic, from 2016, will be re-linked at the bottom of this report.  Cavusoglu is suggesting the 1998 Adana Agreement was discussed at the Erdogan(Turkey) – Putin (Russia) talks. Russia positive on […]

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What Are the Chances of Second Version of Adana Agreement Between Damascus and Ankara?

“Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first to call for a return to the agreement during his meeting with his Turkish counterpart” Yes, he did! Years ago. Covered at my big tech censored site way back. But those previous reports will be brought forth here. This region of the world has always fascinated me. Centered […]