Thanks for bringing our attention to important matters rarely discussed. Distraction by our own government and its puppets is our greatest enemy to truth and threat to our freedoms.
Actually Dr Malone's contribution here is what I need to learn about it. Having problems with a new hot spot disconnecting, so my computer doesn't reliably do internet. At least my cell is pitching in
Thanks for the great commentary on the role that Turkiye plays on the global world stage. For centuries, they have been the border state between the east and west, and the peace keeping state. Unfortunately, the American media pays little attention to educating Americans about what is transpiring around the world with cause-and-effect.. I remember being there and learning how proud the people are of there achievements!
On a related topic with a different perspective on both Türkiye and China, this episode of American Thought Leaders with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is so worth your time to watch/listen.
🎧👀 Podcast/Video: (54 min) Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime | Dec 28, 2022 | American Thought Leaders Jan Jekielek
How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?”
I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China.
“NBA is not the only one,” says Freedom. “You see Hollywood, you see Big Tech, you see academia, you see Wall Street, you see Congress … They’re pretty much trying to invade America from the inside because they know they’re not strong enough to invade America from the outside.”
Freedom tells me about what made him the man he is today, and what gave him the courage to stand up to major multinational corporations and the Chinese Communist Party.
He grew up in Turkey under a repressive regime, and was ultimately forced to choose between family and principle.
“They sent police to my house in Turkey and they raided the whole house. And they took every electronic away: phones, computers, laptops, iPads, because they wanted to see if I am still in contact with my family or not … They put my name on the Interpol list. So, until this day, I am pretty much an international criminal,” says Freedom.
I so appreciate your daily Substack as I no longer read MSM - so exhausting to sift through the propaganda to find some truth - and miss the diversity of content not exclusively US centric. Also please post a video of Thor🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Really enjoy your constant educational additions to all aspects of life rather than the craziness of our idiot President and his useless and for supposed education they try to think the admin projects.
Seeing and getting to hear the diverse opinions and activities around the world is so refreshing.
Our MSM so enthralled with themselves but unable to see anything outside of their daily dose of ignorance from a tired group of politicians both R’s and D’s who are unable to think of anything more than their next approach at cheating either for elections or taxes or other some other munificent idea they have to destroy our lives and country.
Really nice to be able to hear another view - just the word pictures you paint gives delightful imagery for a breath of fresh air in a stale enclosed political death knell our once great country enjoyed.
Upon this new canal completions for Tanker/cargo shipping, it also opens the width and depth for USN aircraft carriers to wander deeper and nearer to Russia and what the Pentagon deems possible political foes. Sigh.......when does it ever end?
My son was aboard the CVN 75 USS H.S. Truman when it did fact made a voyage down the narrow Suez canal (and I do mean narrow) as they are the heaviest of US Navy vessels. The Suez runs north/south parallel to the Nile river. Often as close as 80 miles east of the Nile. All the sand you could see for miles and miles. The USS D.D. Eisenhower was the first. Note they don't fit Panama's.
The CVN75 used this route on it's way to the Persian Gulf destination to perform months of 2500 "sorties" for operation "INHERENT RESOLVE" Nov 2015-July 2016. Carriers can accommodate 6000.
I had the rare chance to walk the entire ship as it resided dockside in Norfolk Va. Unforgettable!
Turkey (or Turkiye ) is a land soaked with the blood of Armenians, Greeks, and other religious minorities. Hearing that they have teamed up with the CCP to dig a canal as an alternative to the Bosporus does not create cries of joy in all circles. It is interesting that Nicaragua has given the CCP the green light to build a Panama Canal alternative. These people are not our allies.
I chose to write this article without a lot of judgement, one war or another. Sticking to basic analysis and forecasting - These issues are very complex and (other than maybe saving Istanbul from an environment crisis - if a tanker leaked in the Bosporus) - there is a lot here that can go very, very wrong.
"Complex" issues, indeed! Exactly why your articles are so welcomed and necessary. You provide deeply needed context that has gone missing in our Flatland MSM reporting.
That is no doubt true at this point in time Paul. But when we park a Nimitz class aircraft carrier on the north rim of the new canal into the Black Sea that will change. The US will print up a billion or two for dockings fees to a Turkish goverment to piss off the CCP. Never ends does it?
My take on Turkey has been that the muslim culture flourished until the religious fervor of the newly converted Turks led them to conquer and regress that culture back to the dark ages of its origin where it has pretty well remained and the efforts of Attaturk (sp?) to modernize their thinking has taken a180.
Great article covering an important area in world history. Erdogan is an Islamacist Ottoman and as such has an inbred detestation of Christians, Jews, and others. They were great allies during the cold war and fought with us against the communists in Korea, distinguishing themselves for their bravery. They were stalwarts covering our southern NATO flank during that time. They will join BRICS and at some point this group will replace the dollar as the world reserve currency, impoverishing us all, because of the policies of the current administration.
Thanks for sharing this and informing many of your readers of this country and its unique situation in current affairs.
Very interesting, as with the US, capital investment by China brings certain obligations. I wonder what the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the CCP will be? Erdogan has been said to have aspirations to a renewed 'Ottoman Empire'... the achievement would be a threat to both Russia and China. Many Turkish-born American business people in my area do not like Erdogan, they say he is basically 'muslim mafia with a suit on'.
Amazingly the good doctors talk about the countries involved never mentioned the US. I guess the powers that be, (fbi, cia, the administration in general, etc.) are to busy going after parents at teachers meetings, coercing American kids to change their gender, pushing poison vaccines, censoring truths, prosecuting former presidents, etc.. Meanwhile the rest of the world moves forward and looks backwards at America as yesterdays news. God how I wish we had a president that was engaged on the world stage in a positive way and not just with his ice cream cone. Years ago we would be building that canal, now the president probably is unaware of its existence, as he goes on vacation again. J.Goodrich
Thanks for bringing our attention to important matters rarely discussed. Distraction by our own government and its puppets is our greatest enemy to truth and threat to our freedoms.
Fascinating. What we could learn about the world if we looked up from our smart phones...
Amazingly, my smartphone keeps me informed! It’s all about content!
Actually Dr Malone's contribution here is what I need to learn about it. Having problems with a new hot spot disconnecting, so my computer doesn't reliably do internet. At least my cell is pitching in
Thanks for the great commentary on the role that Turkiye plays on the global world stage. For centuries, they have been the border state between the east and west, and the peace keeping state. Unfortunately, the American media pays little attention to educating Americans about what is transpiring around the world with cause-and-effect.. I remember being there and learning how proud the people are of there achievements!
On a related topic with a different perspective on both Türkiye and China, this episode of American Thought Leaders with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is so worth your time to watch/listen.
🎧👀 Podcast/Video: (54 min) Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime | Dec 28, 2022 | American Thought Leaders Jan Jekielek
Links:
* Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-thought-leaders/id1471411980?i=1000591544184/
* Podbay: https://podbay.fm/p/american-thought-leaders/e/1672280640
* EpochTV (video): https://www.theepochtimes.com/enes-kanter-freedom-why-i-sacrificed-my-future-in-the-nba-to-stand-up-to-the-chinese-regime_4941221.html
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Host Jan Jekielek's Description:
How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?”
I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China.
“NBA is not the only one,” says Freedom. “You see Hollywood, you see Big Tech, you see academia, you see Wall Street, you see Congress … They’re pretty much trying to invade America from the inside because they know they’re not strong enough to invade America from the outside.”
Freedom tells me about what made him the man he is today, and what gave him the courage to stand up to major multinational corporations and the Chinese Communist Party.
He grew up in Turkey under a repressive regime, and was ultimately forced to choose between family and principle.
“They sent police to my house in Turkey and they raided the whole house. And they took every electronic away: phones, computers, laptops, iPads, because they wanted to see if I am still in contact with my family or not … They put my name on the Interpol list. So, until this day, I am pretty much an international criminal,” says Freedom.
I so appreciate your daily Substack as I no longer read MSM - so exhausting to sift through the propaganda to find some truth - and miss the diversity of content not exclusively US centric. Also please post a video of Thor🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Don't want to trigger the Erdogans or the UN but I identify as Constantinoplian. Pronouns Non/Ottoman.
Yes, once the thriving hub of Christianity!
Yes, it’s always Constantinople to me. No insult, just history.
Thank you Dr Malone!
Really enjoy your constant educational additions to all aspects of life rather than the craziness of our idiot President and his useless and for supposed education they try to think the admin projects.
Seeing and getting to hear the diverse opinions and activities around the world is so refreshing.
Our MSM so enthralled with themselves but unable to see anything outside of their daily dose of ignorance from a tired group of politicians both R’s and D’s who are unable to think of anything more than their next approach at cheating either for elections or taxes or other some other munificent idea they have to destroy our lives and country.
Really nice to be able to hear another view - just the word pictures you paint gives delightful imagery for a breath of fresh air in a stale enclosed political death knell our once great country enjoyed.
Upon this new canal completions for Tanker/cargo shipping, it also opens the width and depth for USN aircraft carriers to wander deeper and nearer to Russia and what the Pentagon deems possible political foes. Sigh.......when does it ever end?
My son was aboard the CVN 75 USS H.S. Truman when it did fact made a voyage down the narrow Suez canal (and I do mean narrow) as they are the heaviest of US Navy vessels. The Suez runs north/south parallel to the Nile river. Often as close as 80 miles east of the Nile. All the sand you could see for miles and miles. The USS D.D. Eisenhower was the first. Note they don't fit Panama's.
The CVN75 used this route on it's way to the Persian Gulf destination to perform months of 2500 "sorties" for operation "INHERENT RESOLVE" Nov 2015-July 2016. Carriers can accommodate 6000.
I had the rare chance to walk the entire ship as it resided dockside in Norfolk Va. Unforgettable!
Thank you so much for the insights. Türkiye‘s role in the world is growing. Back in October 2022 “Erdogan Agrees to Putin's Plan for Turkey to Be Russian Gas Hub” (https://www.voanews.com/amp/erdogan-agrees-to-putin-s-plan-for-turkey-to-be-russian-gas-hub/6798604.html and https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/turkey-can-become-an-energy-hub-but-not-by-going-all-in-on-russian-gas/). Consequently, Türkiye would gain enormous control over Europe...
An outstanding description and update -- so rare these days - thank you very much.
Turkey (or Turkiye ) is a land soaked with the blood of Armenians, Greeks, and other religious minorities. Hearing that they have teamed up with the CCP to dig a canal as an alternative to the Bosporus does not create cries of joy in all circles. It is interesting that Nicaragua has given the CCP the green light to build a Panama Canal alternative. These people are not our allies.
I chose to write this article without a lot of judgement, one war or another. Sticking to basic analysis and forecasting - These issues are very complex and (other than maybe saving Istanbul from an environment crisis - if a tanker leaked in the Bosporus) - there is a lot here that can go very, very wrong.
"Complex" issues, indeed! Exactly why your articles are so welcomed and necessary. You provide deeply needed context that has gone missing in our Flatland MSM reporting.
That is no doubt true at this point in time Paul. But when we park a Nimitz class aircraft carrier on the north rim of the new canal into the Black Sea that will change. The US will print up a billion or two for dockings fees to a Turkish goverment to piss off the CCP. Never ends does it?
My take on Turkey has been that the muslim culture flourished until the religious fervor of the newly converted Turks led them to conquer and regress that culture back to the dark ages of its origin where it has pretty well remained and the efforts of Attaturk (sp?) to modernize their thinking has taken a180.
And the US isnt?
Afraid I miss your point. The US isn't what?
I was hoping you would do a story on this trip. The place is so history rich of humanity.
My sincere thanks. This is great! Love it!
Great article covering an important area in world history. Erdogan is an Islamacist Ottoman and as such has an inbred detestation of Christians, Jews, and others. They were great allies during the cold war and fought with us against the communists in Korea, distinguishing themselves for their bravery. They were stalwarts covering our southern NATO flank during that time. They will join BRICS and at some point this group will replace the dollar as the world reserve currency, impoverishing us all, because of the policies of the current administration.
Thanks for sharing this and informing many of your readers of this country and its unique situation in current affairs.
Danny Huckabee
Very interesting, as with the US, capital investment by China brings certain obligations. I wonder what the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the CCP will be? Erdogan has been said to have aspirations to a renewed 'Ottoman Empire'... the achievement would be a threat to both Russia and China. Many Turkish-born American business people in my area do not like Erdogan, they say he is basically 'muslim mafia with a suit on'.
Russia, Turkey and Iran with the strong possibility of China will form a force to go against Israel just as the Bible prophesied
This is truly fascinating. An eye-opener! Thanks for writing about it!
Amazingly the good doctors talk about the countries involved never mentioned the US. I guess the powers that be, (fbi, cia, the administration in general, etc.) are to busy going after parents at teachers meetings, coercing American kids to change their gender, pushing poison vaccines, censoring truths, prosecuting former presidents, etc.. Meanwhile the rest of the world moves forward and looks backwards at America as yesterdays news. God how I wish we had a president that was engaged on the world stage in a positive way and not just with his ice cream cone. Years ago we would be building that canal, now the president probably is unaware of its existence, as he goes on vacation again. J.Goodrich