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Come al solito la mentalità del ricatto..
ERDOGAN
Per tranquillità si fa da solo il suo golpe.
Con l'occasione ammazza, mette in galera,
fa scappare chi non la pensa come lui, chi non è della sua idea di un nuovo grande impero ottomano, ovviamente 100% islamico.
Pensa sempre di prendersi qualche isoletta Greca, e pure tutta Cipro, un suo vecchio passatempo, e poi di farsi
un bel corridoio marittimo fra Turchia e Libia..
Una sua autostrada del mare tutta personale.
Il contrabbandiere guadagna con l'embargo con l'Iran e la Russia, il furbacchione si fa dare una montagna
di milioni di euro dalla Merkel per trattenersi i "migranti" in Turchia..
Ed ora gioca all'ennesimo ricatto con la NATO, tanto per farsi dare quattrini, solo quattrini,
visto che la sua valuta è sempre più carta straccia..
Ed ogni tanto esercita il suo diritto di veto..
Ma bisogna capire, comprendere - ma non per questo assecondare - chi ha un precario corredo genetico,
perché non ne ha alcuna colpa..
IL DIRITTO DI VETO
Il termine veto, dal latino che significa vietare, proibire, interdire, indica un atto formale
con il quale un'autorità investita di tale potere è in grado di bloccare, temporaneamente
o definitivamente, una deliberazione amministrativa, legislativa o politica emessa da un'altra autorità..
Ma però..
Il diritto di veto non dovrebbe potersi applicare quando la motivazione del veto contrasta
con lo spirito generale e fondante della associazione/consesso/ istituzione ove viene applicato.
Basterebbe mettere ai voti se la motivazione espressa per avvalersi del diritto di veto è considerata valida
e conforme allo spirito dell'istituzione ove il veto viene posto, oppure no.
Se i membri con diritto di voto giudicano la motivazione valida, allora il diritto di veto ha valore, se invece i membri con diritto di voto giudicano la motivazione addotta non valida allora il diritto di voto non ha più valore..
Insomma se i membri della NATO giudicano la motivazione addotta dalla Turchia per esercitare il diritto
di veto all'ingresso di Finlandia e di Svezia essere valida, allora il veto della Turchia è valido.
Se viceversa i membri della NATO giudicano la motivazione addotta dalla Turchia contraria allo spirito
fondante della NATO e che costituisce il legame fra suoi membri , ecco che allora il veto Turco non ha nessun valore.
Perché il veto non può e non deve inficiare lo spirito fondante delle istituzioni ove esso è stato previsto.
Insomma la motivazione del veto deve essere approvata dalla maggioranza dei membri della istituzione che
ha previsto tale possibilità.
New York
...Pres. Joe Biden's
anti-Armenian actions..
With each passing day, the Armenian-American community is getting increasingly disappointed with Pres. Joe Biden's
anti-Armenian actions.
He has done more harm than good to Armenia's interests.
Last year, 24 hours before acknowledging the Armenian Genocide, Pres. Biden waived Section 907 of the U.S.
Freedom Support Act, thus allowing the United States to provide various types of aid to Azerbaijan,
including 'security' assistance.
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reported that from 2002 to 2020 the Departments of State, Defense,
and Energy, and the U.S. Agency for International Development provided to Azerbaijan
$808 million in U.S. aid, of which $164 million (20%) was for 'security' assistance.
On March 31, 2022, the American Ambassador to Baku proudly tweeted that the U.S. Department of Defense just
donated $30 million of 'equipment' to Azerbaijan.
It makes no sense whatsoever, to provide assistance to oil-rich Azerbaijan which is plush with billions of petrodollars.
This is a complete waste of U.S. taxpayers' money.
During a recent hearing, when Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned
Secretary of State Antony Blinken why the State Department failed to report to Congress the impact of the
assistance to Baku on the military balance between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Blinken gave an evasive answer by
promising to look into it.
Even though previous presidents had also waived Section 907, thus providing assistance to filthy rich Azerbaijan,
Joe Biden, during his 2020 presidential campaign, boldly criticized Pres. Donald Trump for waiving Section 907.
Yet, within three months of becoming President, he did the same thing as Trump.
What is the point of acknowledging the Armenian Genocide and then providing weapons to Azerbaijan to continue
killing Armenians, as was the case in the 2020 war? What is needed is action, not empty words.
Another blunder of the Biden administration is not enforcing the ban on the transfer of U.S. weapons to third countries.
The prime example of this violation is the use of U.S. F-16 military jets by Turkey in Azerbaijan during
the 2020 Artsakh war.
In addition, the U.S. did not ban the sale of U.S. parts in the Bayraktar Turkish drones which played
a key role in the 2020 war.
The Biden administration reduced aid to Armenia to $24 Million and allocated a pitiful amount of
humanitarian assistance to thousands of displaced Armenians from Artsakh, while acknowledging that they are in
an "acute humanitarian crisis."
Other shortcomings of the Biden administration are:1) Did not pressure Azerbaijan to release immediately
the Armenian prisoners from Baku jails, after the end of the 2020 war.2)
Did not condemn Turkey's recruitment and transfer of Islamist terrorists to participate in the 2020 Artsakh
war on behalf of Azerbaijan.3) Did not criticize the incursion of Azeri troops into Armenia's territory
since May 12, 2021.
4) Failed to take action regarding the massive human rights violations by Azerbaijan and Turkey,
while Pres. Biden hypocritically talks about human rights being a core tenet of U.S. foreign policy.
Instead, we hear repeated U.S. calls in support of "Armenia-Turkey reconciliation" and "peace agreement with Azerbaijan,"
which are contrary to Armenia's national interests.
Amazingly, the Biden administration just informed Congress that it supports the sale to Turkey of missiles,
radar, and electronics for its existing fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
In addition, Turkey has asked for the purchase of 40 new F-16 jets.
The Biden administration is wrong that the proposed arms sale to Turkey "serves NATO's interests."
In fact, this sale faces an uphill battle in Congress as 60 Members of Congress have expressed their vehement opposition.
Contrary to the Biden administration's assertion, the proposed arms sale to Turkey will undermine U.S. and NATO interests
for the following reasons:
1) The F-16 jets will be used by Turkey in Syria and Iraq to bomb Kurdish fighters who are U.S. allies
in the fight against ISIS terrorists, whom Turkey supports.
2) Turkey will use the F-16's to continue its illegal intrusions into the territorial waters of Greece, a NATO member.
3) Turkey will use the F-16 jets to threaten the territorial integrity of Armenia.
4) Turkey continues to occupy Northern Cyprus ever since 1974 and refuses to leave despite scores of U.N.
Security Council resolutions.
5) The United States sanctioned Turkey and blocked the sale of F-35 U.S. advanced fighter jets
for purchasing S-400 Russian missiles, contrary to NATO's interests.
Finally, at a time when NATO countries, including the United States, are confronting Russia
in Ukraine, the governments of Finland and Sweden have asked to join NATO. Except for Turkey, all other NATO
members are in favor of the expedited memberships of Finland and Sweden. Pres. Erdogan announced that
his country will veto the membership applications of these two countries, using the ridiculous
argument that Finland and Sweden are "home to many terrorist organizations," meaning Kurdish refugees.
This is highly ironic coming from a country like Turkey which for years supported ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
By opposing Finland's and Sweden's NATO memberships, Turkey hopes to achieve the following aims:
1) To cater to Russia with which it has important military and commercial ties.
Turkey is the only NATO member that has refused to sanction Russia and close its airspace to Russian planes.
Turkey is Russia's mole inside NATO.
2) To extract concessions from the United States to purchase arms and gain political support
in return for allowing the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
It is clear that Turkey, Russia's ally, does not belong in NATO. Before Pres. Biden decides to sell F-16 jets to
Turkey, I suggest that he read The Washington Post editorial published on April 29, 2022, titled:
"Turkey reaches a new low of despotism."
( Harut Sassounian - G.C. )
