Turks are a turkey of an ally

Turkey and Brazil brokered a farce of a fuel-swap agreement that will still allow Iran to continue to enrich uranium--which means the mad mullahs may have a nuclear bomb soon.

Our government has criticized the deal, but the determined-weakness policy of America garners little respect from our allies, even a NATO member such as Turkey.

On the issue of Iranian nukes, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remarked, "Those who speak to this issue should eliminate nuclear weapons from their own country and they should bear the good news to all mankind by doing that."

Whose side are you on, Erdogan?

For twenty years Congress has debated recognizing the World War I Turkish genocide against its Armenian minority--two million lost their lives. In March the Turks pulled their ambassador from Washington in protest because the resolution was approved by a House committee. Move that out of committee, onto the floor of the House and into the Senate. Let's show the Turks who is boss.

Of course President Obama doesn't think along those lines.

Which is why we are in trouble.

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