Insane Turkish Prime Minister Says That Israeli Stopping of Flotilla Ship Was "grounds for war"

Let's just put it out there...Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is probably clinically insane and what probably needs to happen with him is he needs his military to get their asses handed to them and then perhaps he'll shut his big trap.

The latest nonsense from this clown is that the Israeli action to stop a flotilla ship registered from Turkey according to Israel's LEGAL blockade of Gaza was actually grounds for war and Turkey would have been in the right attacking Israel if they hadn't been so patient.

Here's what he said, from the article at Breitbart:

State news agency Anatolia released late on Sunday what it said was an original Turkish-language transcript of an interview Erdogan gave to Al Jazeera television last week. It included elements not broadcast as well as original wording for sensitive comments that had been transmitted only in Arabic translation.

Among previously unpublished elements, Erdogan said Israel's raid in May 2010 on a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, in which nine Turks were killed, would have justified going to war.

"The attack that took place in international waters did not comply with any international law. In fact, it was grounds for war. However, befitting Turkey's greatness, we decided to act with patience," he said.

Let's get something straight here...Erdogan can't even keep the Kurdish PKK out of southern Turkey and stop them from killing the shit out of his people and soldiers but he wants to puff out his chest about taking on Israel. Well, Erdogan, you might just find the IDF and the IAF and the Israeli Navy a bit more to bargain with than a bunch of rag tag Kurdish partisans.

The fact of the matter is this - Erdogan is an islamic fundamentalist and sees himself as the next "Ayatollah" of Turkey - he models his dream of a government after Iran and in fact, this chump is boasting like this to see if he can't take some of the limelight away from Ahmadinejad and Iran. Turkey sees itself as making mistakes for chumming up to the West with NATO and EU ties and Erdogan is trying to become the new islamic tough guy on the block.

Turkish PM saw Gaza raid as "grounds for war"


State news agency Anatolia released late on Sunday what it said was an original Turkish-language transcript of an interview Erdogan gave to Al Jazeera television last week. It included elements not broadcast as well as original wording for sensitive comments that had been transmitted only in Arabic translation.

Among previously unpublished elements, Erdogan said Israel's raid in May 2010 on a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, in which nine Turks were killed, would have justified going to war.

"The attack that took place in international waters did not comply with any international law. In fact, it was grounds for war. However, befitting Turkey's greatness, we decided to act with patience," he said.

The transcript in Turkish from Anatolian, provided by Erdogan's office, also gave the following account of the prime minister's response to a question on what Turkey would do to ensure free passage for its ships in the Mediterranean.

"Right now, without a doubt, the primary duty of Turkish navy ships is to protect its own ships," Erdogan said.

"This is the first step. And we have humanitarian aid that we want to carry there. This humanitarian aid will not be attacked any more, as it was the case with Mavi Marmara."

Turkey downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and halted defense-related trade after the Jewish state confirmed last week that it would not apologize for the raid on the Mavi Marmara.

Turkey and Israel had tried to mend fences before the publication two weeks ago of a U.N. report that deemed the blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip a legal means to stem the flow of arms to Palestinians but also said Israel had used unreasonable force.

Israel has said it will maintain the blockade and that it wants to ease tensions with its former ally.

"We have no interest in deteriorating the relations with Turkey and we worry that this attitude will encourage the terror groups. Therefore we call on Prime Minister Erdogan to change course," Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon told a counter-terrorism conference near Tel Aviv on Monday.

The prospect of a showdown at sea with Turkey, a NATO power and, like Israel, an ally of the United States, rattled Israelis already on edge over political upheaval in the Arab world and Iran's nuclear program. Washington has appealed for restraint.

Erdogan, seeking to expand Turkey's regional influence, will travel to Egypt on Monday at the start of a tour of three Arab countries. Israel's relations with Egypt have also nose-dived after a crowd attacked its Cairo embassy on Friday.