At End of the American Dream, Michael Snyder wonders if war between Israel and Turkey is on the horizon, and notes that the countries’ relations are the worst they’ve ever been. Snyder lays out the evidence that a conflict is coming, and writes:
I think that Erdogan is getting sick and tired of standing by and watching his allies in the region get crushed by Israel.
Turkey has a population of 87 million people.
Israel has a population of 10 million people.
Erdogan has spoken in the past about potential military action against Israel.
I am convinced that there is at least part of him that would love to pull the trigger on such a move.
Read more here.
Recently, Joe Kent, former Director of the Counterterrorism Center, responded to a post in which Donald Trump threatened to leave NATO by explaining:
Unfortunately leaving NATO won’t be to avoid foreign entanglements, we’ll be leaving NATO so we can side with Israel when Turkey & Israel eventually clash in Syria.
This is after we helped topple the secular Syrian gov & installed a former AQ/ISIS leader as president.
Time to stop playing arsonist & fireman in the Middle East, it’s just not worth it.
Unfortunately leaving NATO won’t be to avoid foreign entanglements, we’ll be leaving NATO so we can side with Israel when Turkey & Israel eventually clash in Syria.
This is after we helped topple the secular Syrian gov & installed a former AQ/ISIS leader as president.
Time to… https://t.co/hfYTLd4J87
— Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) April 9, 2026
Turkey is, of course, a NATO ally, and if Israel were to attack Turkey, the United States would be obliged to come to Turkey’s defense.
