🇸🇾 Israel and Turkiye in Syria: No clash, just a division of spoils | The Cradle
Two #US-aligned states, led by populist strongmen who convert foreign policy into a domestic spectacle. Two allies of Washington, performing antagonism while quietly advancing a shared project in #Syria
So said Erdogan in the mid-2000s, repeatedly confirming Turkiye’s role as a co-chair of the Greater Middle East Project (1)[ Greater Israel Project 1982] – Washington’s strategic initiative to re-engineer the region under US–Israeli tutelage. (2)[2004]
After the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 2002 victory, Erdogan stood in the White House and declared strategic alignment with the US “not only on Iraq but on many other issues.” By 2005, former US president George W. #Bush was openly thanking him for his “strong support” for the project, and #Erdogan said, “Our contacts with relevant countries, including Syria, continue.”
Davids Corridor : Israel's Shadow Project to Redraw the Levant
#DavidsCorridor #GreaterIsraelProject
Two #US-aligned states, led by populist strongmen who convert foreign policy into a domestic spectacle. Two allies of Washington, performing antagonism while quietly advancing a shared project in #Syria
So said Erdogan in the mid-2000s, repeatedly confirming Turkiye’s role as a co-chair of the Greater Middle East Project (1)[ Greater Israel Project 1982] – Washington’s strategic initiative to re-engineer the region under US–Israeli tutelage. (2)[2004]
After the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 2002 victory, Erdogan stood in the White House and declared strategic alignment with the US “not only on Iraq but on many other issues.” By 2005, former US president George W. #Bush was openly thanking him for his “strong support” for the project, and #Erdogan said, “Our contacts with relevant countries, including Syria, continue.”
Davids Corridor : Israel's Shadow Project to Redraw the Levant
#DavidsCorridor #GreaterIsraelProject