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Obama = Israel "unacceptable"

Dec 30, 2014 10:43PM PST

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Re: Israel
Dec 30, 2014 10:58PM PST

Turkey (also in the Middle East, I think) is member of the NATO. So that surely is an ally also.

Israel isn't part of the NATO, it's only a MINNA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally). But it shares that honor with Egypt, Jordan, Bahrein and Kuwait, I read. That (including Turkey) makes for 6 allies in the Middle-East.

Kees

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NATO members
Dec 30, 2014 11:17PM PST

you mention, not all of them are always on our side when it comes to terrorism support. Turkey, just recently, stood in a line tanks lined up and ignored the fighting going on within eyesight of their border between the Kurds and ISIS. Kuwait recently took some of our 'prisoners' released from Gitmo and they have all but disappeared again when they were supposed to being monitored. Jordan is probably the best of the bunch though.

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RE; Israel our ONLY ally..
Dec 30, 2014 11:27PM PST

more brash statements

now you say

not all of them are always on our side

So more allies than just Israel.