Israel Matzav

Another Obama epic fail

President Obama spent four days in Turkey early in his term. Here's what those four days accomplished (Hat Tip: Martin Peretz).

Some 43 percent of Turks perceive the United States as the country’s biggest threat, followed by Israel, according to a broad survey carried out in December.

“This the highest ratio ever on the external threat question among our surveys,” Professor Özer Sencar, chairman of Ankara-based MetroPOLL Strategic and Social Research Center, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review on Wednesday.

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The survey asked “From which country does the biggest threat come?” with 43 percent of Turks saying the U.S., followed by 24 percent who indicated Israel, 3 percent for Iran, 2.3 percent for Greece, 2.1 for Iraq, 1.7 for Russia and 1 percent for Armenia. Some 1.3 of participants said no country posed a threat to Turkey, while 18.9 said they had no idea.

“It is interesting that Turkish people perceive an ally, the U.S., a country with whom Turkey has high-level, bilateral relations and is in NATO, as a threat,” Sencar said, adding that Turkish people had not perceived the U.S as a threat in their previous surveys until the invasion of Iraq.

How's that 'reaching out' to the Muslim world look now?

Labels: Barack Obama, Turkey, Turkish obsession with Israel

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:43 AM