For the past week, I have been circumnavigating the globe, on my vacation trip to Mongolia. Along the way, I made a stop in Istanbul, Turkey, where I stayed in the glamorous international airport and slept over in a fancy Turkish Yotel (hotel). During my stay at the Istanbul Yotel, I happened to watch two English-language world news Turkish channels. For at least half of these hour-long programs, these channels peddled the rankest anti-Semitic and anti-Israel Turkish government propaganda on the (non-existent) “genocide” supposedly being conducted by Israelis against the Palestinian Arabs.

Which brings me neatly to the problem of Turkey, and its Islamist (i.e., radical Sunni Muslim) presidential dictator, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I have written about the problem of Erdogan, who has ruled over Turkey since 2003, numerous times before. Although Turkey has been a long-time member of NATO, under Erdogan, Turkey is far from a loyal and helpful ally:

To be continued…