June 16, 2010

Is Turkey in the Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran Axis?

Tom Friedman, New York Times

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Maybe President Obama should invite him for a weekend at Camp David to clear the air before U.S.-Turkey relations get where they're going - over a cliff.

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TAGGED: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Palestine, Israel, Iran, Turkey

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