Wilders' party urges reexamining Turkey's membership in NATO
Dutch politician Geert Wilders' Freedom party has urged NATO to
reconsider Turkey's membership in the alliance.
Geert Wilders, head of the party, and its Mideast expert, deputy Wim Kortenoeven, accused Turkey of abandoning its allies – Israel earlier this year, and now France.
Turkey severed diplomatic and military ties with France last week, over the French parliamentary resolution on the current Turkish government’s reaction to the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of Christian Armenians in 1915. The empire preceded the modern secular Turkish state founded in 1923, and the French deemed the state’s denial that these events represented genocide to be punishable by a monetary fine.
France is a leading member of the NATO military alliance, as is Holland.
Kortenoeven, a leading European specialist on the Mideast and author of several books on the region, told The Jerusalem Post that since Turkey has a short but disturbing history of abandoning allies, it could be a lethal mistake to entrust them with the custody of a crucial element of the new Western/European defense system against nuclear rogue states such as Iran and Pakistan. The Dutch lawmakers asked that the slated missile shield to be installed in Turkey be reconsidered.
The party’s military spokesman, Marcial Hernandez, also posed questions to the ministries regarding Turkey’s reliability as a NATO partner.
Hmmm.
Labels: Armenian genocide, Dutch Freedom party, France, Geert Wilders, NATO, Turkish obsession with Israel
Wilders' party stands up to the Islamist governments
Geert Wilders' Freedom party, part of the Dutch governing coalition, stood up to both
Iran and
Turkey over the weekend. This is from the first link (Benny Weinthal in the JPost).
Wim Kortenoeven, a deputy from the Party for Freedom, told The Jerusalem Post in a telephone interview from The Hague on Friday that his party had worked to pass a potent measure.
“Now for the practical execution of our resolution, which was unanimously supported in parliament. The foreign minister should be in the forefront of demanding the most forceful sanctions. And he is doing that. There is still a window of opportunity. There seems to be a willingness in Europe to go far in the sanctions and even to follow the initiatives of the US Congress.
But at the same time there seems to be a reluctance on the part of the US government where it concerns targeting the Iranian Central Bank. And boycotting that entity is probably the key for our success,” Kortenoeven said.
Kortenoeven, 56, one of Europe’s most prominent advocates for Israel’s security, spearheaded the passage of the parliamentary resolution.
According to the text, “the Islamic Republic of Iran violates the NPT and the IAEA suspects Iran of illegally developing nuclear weapons and illegal ballistic delivery systems.”
The resolution urges that “fast-working and effective sanctions must be imposed in order to force Iran to abandon the illegal nuclear program and open up completely to the IAEA,” and, “ultimate means should be used, if necessary, so as to prevent the need for military intervention.”
The resolution states that “measures should hurt the Iranian regime in its heart in order to compel them to compliance,” and, “calls on the [Dutch] government to take the lead with European and American allies in order to impose swift and effective sanctions.”
The Dutch resolution appears to be the only European legislative motion to slam Iran after the International Atomic Energy Agency report confirmed that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons designs.
Holland actually proposed that the EU cut off relations with Iran altogether, but that resolution did not pass.
Read the whole thing.
Also over the weekend, Wilders himself announced his opposition to a planned visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul because
Turkey is an Islamist regime.
Gul has been invited to visit the Netherlands next year, when the two countries will celebrate 400 years of relations.
Wilders said in a commentary in the Dutch daily De Volkskrant that Gul should stay in Ankara.
“There is nothing to celebrate. The Islamist regime of Gul and his party member and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is not a true friend of the West and therefore neither of the Netherlands,” Wilders said.
“Everywhere Erdogan comes, he calls on Turkish immigrants to not adapt. Turkey does not want to become European but wants to islamise Europe,” Wilders said.
A breath of fresh air. Does anyone really doubt that's the AKP's goal? Then why are so many other people and politicians afraid to say it?
Labels: Abdullah Gul, Dutch Freedom party, Geert Wilders, Islamist, Turkey
Dutch Freedom party MP blasts Turkey at international conference
At the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Dubrovnik on Sunday, Dutch Freedom party representative
Wim Kortenoeven blasted Turkish imperialism. Here's the part of his speech that relates to Israel:
Mister chairman,
Turkey, a member state of NATO, is also increasingly belligerent towards the Jewish State of Israel. Threats and baseless accusations are issued against Israel – ever more frequently. And provocations are rampant. Israeli freighters are harressed by Turkish warships.
Turkey also objects to Israel’s legitimate desire to drill for natural gas in its own exclusive economic zone. Turkish warships are backing up threats against Israel’s sovereignty.
A simple mistake in this combustible situation might spark a military confrontation.
Also troubling and dangerous are Turkey’s sympathy for the Hamas terror organization and Turkey’s attempts to undermine Israel’s legitimate right to supervise the maritime routes to Gaza.
Read the whole thing.
The Freedom party is Geert Wilders' party so these sentiments are not quite so surprising. The real question is how many other Europeans agree with them and whether they will act on those beliefs.
Labels: Dutch Freedom party, Geert Wilders, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Turkey, Wim Kortenoeven
Dutch politician Geert Wilders' Freedom party has urged NATO to reconsider Turkey's membership in the alliance. 
