Liz Cheney, a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bush Administration, who has made a name for herself with her outspoken and often controversial soundbites, said Sunday that Turkey has joined Iran and Syria in an effort to destroy Israel.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" about the recent killings by Israeli soldiers on a flotilla headed for Gaza, Cheney said Turkey has chosen sides. And it hasn't chosen the United States.
"(Israel's enemies) want to destroy the state of Israel, and they are supported in that by the countries Iran, Syria and, now, it looks like Turkey as well," she said.
"The prime minister of Turkey has stood up and said Hamas is not a terrorist organization. The Turks themselves have allied themselves with Iran and Syria."
"President Obama is contributing to the isolation of Israel, and sending a clear signal to the Turkish-Syrian-Iranian axis that their methods for ostracizing Israel will succeed, and will be met by no resistance from America," Cheney said in a statement this weekend:
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" about the recent killings by Israeli soldiers on a flotilla headed for Gaza, Cheney said Turkey has chosen sides. And it hasn't chosen the United States.
"(Israel's enemies) want to destroy the state of Israel, and they are supported in that by the countries Iran, Syria and, now, it looks like Turkey as well," she said.
"The prime minister of Turkey has stood up and said Hamas is not a terrorist organization. The Turks themselves have allied themselves with Iran and Syria."
"President Obama is contributing to the isolation of Israel, and sending a clear signal to the Turkish-Syrian-Iranian axis that their methods for ostracizing Israel will succeed, and will be met by no resistance from America," Cheney said in a statement this weekend:
Yesterday, President Obama said the Israeli action to stop the flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip was "tragic." What is truly tragic is that President Obama is perpetuating Israel's enemies' version of events. The Israeli government has imposed a blockade around Gaza because Hamas remains committed to Israel's destruction...
President Obama is contributing to the isolation of Israel, and sending a clear signal to the Turkish-Syrian-Iranian axis that their methods for ostracizing Israel will succeed, and will be met by no resistance from America.
There is no middle ground here. Either the United States stands with the people of Israel in the war against radical Islamic terrorism or we are providing encouragement to Israel's enemies -- and our own. Keep America Safe calls on President Obama to reverse his present course and support the state of Israel immediately and unequivocally