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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t climatereason – Turkey’s authoritarian President Erdogan, who has a track record of demanding cash for Turkey in exchange for cooperation with Western policy objectives, is worried that the US pullout from the Paris Agreement means he won’t get paid.
Erdogan says U.S. stance stalls Turkish ratification of Paris climate deal
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Erdogan said that when Turkey signed the accord France had promised that Turkey would be eligible for compensation for some of the financial costs of compliance.
“So we said if this would happen, the agreement would pass through parliament. But otherwise it won’t pass,” Erdogan told a news conference, adding that parliament had not yet approved it.
“Therefore, after this step taken by the United States, our position steers a course towards not passing this from the parliament,” he said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-climatechange-turkey-idUSKBN19T11R
Erdogan’s ultimatum re-inforces my view that the global climate movement always was a mirage created by tsunamis of US cash. Now the cash is drying up, leaders of countries who joined the Paris Agreement because they were hoping for a payout will move on to other opportunities. Of course, many countries will still claim to be adhering to the terms of the Paris Agreement, there is always a possibility of a few buckets of EU aid money. But nobody will take it seriously.
Turkey only ever works for money. They are in NATO, because they are paid to be there. They have the huge US airbase, because the US pays handsomely.
Erdogan used that money to build a 1,000 room palace, so he can be the Caliph of the new Ottoman Empire. And he supports ISIS, apart from them being mostly Arabs. Erdogan may be a Sunni fundamentalist, but will draw the line at admiting that an Arab is the equal of a Turk. (And the feeling is mutual.).
Erdogan is not a democrat either. He said: “democracy is like a train, you can get off it whenever you like”. Why the US and the EU deal with this Janus (two faced) is beyond comprehension.
Ralph
Erdogan is just truth signalling.
Given that for many ALL they required to do was to bring buckets in which to put other people’s money. Of course they will stay in, nothing to lose and regular free lunches.
Never appease the Nazi’s, they’re always Nazi’s no matter what country they’re in.
climatereason July 12, 2017 at 1:20 am
Its coming up to Election time in Germany. There are a lot of refugees in Turkey that the EU has bribed Erdogan to keep there. Merkel wouldn’t want prime time photos of them flooding back into Europe to appear on German TV.
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EU keeps throwing money at the serious refugee issue.
Said issue that may be terrorist driven…..and funded by…many Middle East countries creating the confusion.
Tooo many refugees under age 30, military age, not staying and fighting to protect their own countries.
‘You Are the Future of Europe,’ Erdogan Tells Turks
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
MARCH 17, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/world/europe/erdogan-turkey-future-of-europe.html
…”””Calling Turks the “future of Europe,” Turkey’s president on Friday implored his compatriots living on the Continent to have multiple children as an act of revenge against the West’s “injustices.”
“Go live in better neighborhoods. Drive the best cars. Live in the best houses,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in the city of Eskisehir, while campaigning for a referendum that would solidify his power. “Make not three, but five children. Because you are the future of Europe. That will be the best response to the injustices against you.”
The remarks come at a time of increasingly fraught relations between Europe and Turkey in the wake of the migrant crisis, the concurrent rise of Islamic terrorism and right-wing nationalism in Europe, and a crackdown on civil liberties in Turkey….”””
Beware of Trojan Horses!!!
to late for the West Europe, it has passed the tipping point, however the East Europe, has no attraction for the late 20th & early 21st centuries migratory masses.
We didn’t leave that racket soon enough.
Doesn’t Erdogan look an awful lot like Bruno Tattaglia? And we all know “Tattaglia’s a pimp.” So …
Tell Erdogan to quit complaining.
Since ISIS is now in disarray he can save all the money he was sending them.
Zero sum game.