Although the author does seem to exist (FYI @brunomacaes.bsky.social) and he stood for election as a Republican in Illinois in 2022.
That's a low bar for getting this kind of coverage though. Would a similarly batshit opinion by an unknown astroturfer that was anti-Israel get the same treatment?
A more interesting question is why the WSJ doesn't check that its op-ed sources actually exist in a meaningful way (like a website)
Do shouts for war against every powerful and paranoid neighbour in the region make Israel safer? I'm a no on that one.
The subset of the Israeli lobby in North America which has now shifted its focus from Iran to Turkey is ultimately doing its cause a severe disfavour
Israeli army just ordered all of Dahiyeh residents to evacuate. Yesterday the entire south, now all of Dahiyeh (Beirut's southern suburbs).
Still have yet to see comments on proportionality from the international community. Macron asked Israel not to launch ground invasion but seems too late
❗️NATO air and missile defense forces in the Eastern Mediterranean intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace before entering Turkish airspace, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. Debris fell in Hatay province with no casualties. #NATO
Turkey's main opposition leader excoriates the ruling AKP for "always siding with Trump"
You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.
And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.
Given that they've criticised both Israel and Iran for firing missiles, I assume they are trying to calm everyone down, but who knows?
Turkey is basically keeping its head down (and the borders open), probably lobbying behind the scenes to try to avoid a mass movement of Iranians and Afghans towards the border www.bosphorusnews.com/article/turk...
Erdoğan condemns attacks on Iran
Context: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.
Trump setting a clear precedent that killing or kidnapping world leaders you dislike is a legitimate action
Turkey not allowing use of its airspace apparently
Türkiye has quietly been staging a drastic economic comeback, and much of the credit has to go to President Erdoğan for being willing to keep firing the state's chief statisticians until he found the right fit
We're at the "invent fictional history where our hero massacres Jewish spies" stage
Free the OnlyFans 17!
(17 Turkish models have been arrested for posing on the platform)
CHP leader says there was an attempt by the AKP to buy the loyalty of Ankaragücü fan group leaders by offering them property: www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/anka...
Both my Iranian and American friends at the moment trying to blow the whistle on the treatment of peaceful protestors
There are people in America being killed at protests for doing the right thing and standing up for their friends and neighbours. Difficult to add anything to that from so far away.
If you don't have the attention span for reading Animal Farm, here's a version brought up to date: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Hidden message in Stranger Things
Clearly, the US could not have offered Maduro the opportunity to leave the country for Turkey without Ankara's knowledge. This is not surprising as aligning with the Trump administration is a priority (arguably also a necessity) for Erdogan, despite contrary voices within the regime.
![A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.'
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ycbmujtxprrwbkiw3x5qsyz4/bafkreieh2ddespqvcqdhpfy4g2higsw4lfiguzpaxs3rdessztcokmww6i@jpeg)
A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.' User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
Yet another instance of Erdogan getting zero credit for pioneering a populist-autocratic trend.
And to a random little campus of Yıldırım Beyazıt University, it looks like
Work to begin next year on a metro line to Ankara Airport
By banning the locally-made shows of foreign streaming services, the state broadcaster can keep media narratives on its desired path
bianet.org/haber/turkey...
