Looks like Greece is forming a blockade (Update:unprecedented concentration of naval forces in the EastMed region.)

Is that the PM words or the journalist

Yeah, this ship was part of the NATO force in the Aegean but it has actually collected illegal immigrants and brought them to Greek islands. Another German ship is doing that. Angela Merkel wants a non-European Europe...

The journalist, ALEXIS PAPACHELAS, but...

:angelasalute::hitler:

Here in the news, we only hear of the heroic NGOs like SeaWatch, SeaViking and such who rescue poor refugees daily, never about the military doing it.

Unfortunately they do. Until 2019, we had the leftist SYRIZA government and then the Coast Guard would "save refuges", thus proving that navy personnel is following orders from their political principals like in all democratic states.

Alexis Papachelas is a frequent in Bilderberg meetings...

If Germans want to rescue refugees at sea, they should be taken to Germany -- or merely returned to their own countries.


This policy by private Germans and the German goverment is IMMORAL.

Maybe so, but I think he was just rephrasing something that Mitsotakis was hinting at.

;)

Until recently, news about Greece as a whole was sparse. Germans are informed about the alleged conditions on Lesbos, and prepared by the news to accept more refugees.
Now though we hear about the Oruc Reis and its incursions.

Marcon right now

The situation in the eastern Mediterranean is worrying. Turkey's unilateral decisions on oil exploration are causing tensions. These must end in order to allow a peaceful dialogue between neighboring countries and allies within NATO.
I have decided to temporarily strengthen the French military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days, in cooperation with European partners including Greece.

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PM speaks to French, Egyptian presidents about Turkey

[link to www.ekathimerini.com (secure)]

George Mastropavlos
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#Greece Mitsotakis & #Egypt Sisi described recent Agreement as a milestone for their relations, a model of cooperation & understanding between neighbors. They also agreed on the fastest possible ratification of the Agreement, which will be sealed by a meeting of the two leaders.

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Boom...

I have decided to temporarily strengthen the French military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days, in cooperation with European partners including Greece.

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Emmanuel Macron
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J’ai decide de renforcer temporairement la presence militaire française en Mediterranee orientale dans les prochains jours, en cooperation avec les partenaires europeens dont la Grece.

The situation in the eastern Mediterranean is worrying. Turkey's unilateral decisions on oil exploration are causing tensions. These must end in order to allow a peaceful dialogue between neighboring countries and allies within NATO.


Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacron
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La situation en Méditerranée orientale est préoccupante. Les décisions unilatérales de la Turquie en matière d’exploration pétrolière provoquent des tensions. Celles-ci doivent cesser pour permettre un dialogue apaisé entre pays voisins et alliés au sein de l'OTAN.

Note that Erdogan controls more oil sources that he needs, after all the only actual oil sources capable of giving any usable amount are the ones in the sea just bellow the Western part of Crete, thus in a non-disputed part of the Greek EZZ. His target is grabbing the island of the Aegean through the process of grabbing the control of half of the Aegean through the means of the illegal EEZ, that's why he wants to nullify the Treaty of Lausanne, but some others remind him that the fall back treaty is that of Sevres in which Turkey would have been only a small state in North-Central Anatolia (Minor Asia).

Yup

Writing his own country's epitaph.

Turkey has the best Air Force and pilots in the region. I see them drill when I go there. They don’t fuck around.

I am not disparaging their military capabilities, only the wisdom of their leader.

Macron trying for a Nobel Peace Prize...

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It's not like he's gonna get one of those genius awards.

Israeli foreign minister comes out in support of Greece...IAF is a formidable force.

You know where you stand with the Greeks.

You will never know where you stand with the Turks. I think your leadership knows that in the end.

Erdogan can't be trusted -- by anyone.

Not the US, NATO, Israel or Russia.

SkyWatcher Intel

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#UPDATE: 4 Hellenic Navy

officers were wounded in the collision with a Turkish

warship earlier today.

EndGameWW3

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People need to understand this isn't just about Oil and Gas in the Med, this has to do with Libya. If this blows in the Med this will lead to the ground war in Libya. Erdogan and the GNA will try to take Sirte and Al Jufra base. This is a very serious situation playing out.

Manu Gómez

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US Navy P8 Poseidon AE6840 active over Eastern Mediterranean

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 Hassan Sajwani

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The amount of support Greece

is now getting from the UAE, Egypt, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus is amazing. #Turkey needs to pack its bags from the Mediterranean Sea.

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2 Hotspots now between France and Turkey. The Eastern Med and Libya. France backs the LNA in Libya while Turkey backs the GNA. Any conflict in the Med will open the land war in Libya.

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If the GNA and Turkey decide to move in on Sirte and Al Jufra then this will draw in Egypt.

Merkel doesn't want a non-european Europe :
[link to www.theguardian.com (secure)]
USA are twisting her arm with Deutsche Bank (fines, etc).
Economic crash is THE German politician's nightmare since Weimar.

OTOH an impoverished Greece is not displeasing to Germany, as a threat to France and its social system (dixit Schäuble to Varoufakis in 2015).
[link to newseconomymarket.blogspot.com]

The US is forcing Madam Merkel to force the EU to accept refugees?

:riiight: