Yes, how we remember back to when the great Obama braved offense to his deepest sympathies and finally made a visit to Israel and then congratulated himself for forcing an apology from the evil Netanyahu to the admired and beloved Erdogan over the malingering Mavi issue - and we wondered, what's Bibi thinking here, what with the facts and Israeli public opinion both declaring clearly there was nothing to apologise for? We concluded that Netanyahu must be thinking that if he declines Dear Leader's most generous offer to humiliate and demean Israel before Islamist Turkey, that just confirms what the Obama already very much wants to believe, that all Mideast problems begin and end with Israeli intransigence, and what does that do for us? Nothing. But if he agrees, with conditions of course, it's a virtual certainty that Erdogan takes actions to undermine that agreement, for amity between Israel and Turkey would not serve his Islamist agenda at all - and then we get to hold this bitter reality over Obama's head the next time he tries to gives us the high hat and say to him 'don't try and lecture us on how to operate in this rotten little corner of the world - we get it, you don't'.
And now Erdogan has done as expected - well, in actuality he started shitting on the agreement the day after the phone call - but a couple of weeks ago his deputy PM blamed recent riots in Turkey on sinister Jewish plotting and now he has said they will not accept compensation payment for damage caused from Israel unless it is accompanied by a clear admission by Netanyahu of Israel having done something wrong and oh so very bad, which goes against the agreement. Now, I suppose Bibi could take complete leave of his senses and cave to the demand, but unless hell is in the process of freezing over I'd suggest disabusing oneself of that expectation.
