It is something like a twiggle switch. The moment you criticize Israel or its lobby in the US, the whole system of interconnected friendly relationship goes down. This is absurd. Except for a few scared rabbits, who did not want to risk antagonizing their Jewish relationship, within or without their countries, the whole world, on humanitarian grounds was appalled at Israeli atrocities against civilian population. It was a replay of the supposedly Nazi atrocities on Jews in Germany. The line of armaments was so formidable; it is surprising that Gaza still exists as a human territory. And the way Israeli President humiliated Turkish Prime Minister, sitting next to him on the dais, in Davos, fully aware of his sensitive constituency back home in Turkey, it is impossible for any self-respecting person not to react. And next day we see an article in Washington Post, instantly declaring that Turkey has turned away from the West. How fickle and how sinister is this demand on allies to conform to Israeli order of things. It is more like a slavery than a relationship.
Turkey's Turn From the West
America's closest Muslim ally is abandoning its commitments to U.S. policy.-
By Soner Cagaptay