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After Iran, It’s Time To Turn Our Attention to Turkey

We are in the new Great Game where five ‘kings’ — Iran, Russia, Communist China, Sunni Islamist states, and Turkey — take turns harassing the West.

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President Erdogan during a speech at the presidential palace at Ankara, May 28, 2023. AP/Ali Unal
BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY

Now that Iran is weakened, it’s time to turn our attention to Turkey. It will take more than the destruction of Hamas, the disarmament of Hezbollah, and the fall of the Assad dictatorship to put an end to the threat posed to the world by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

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BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY

Mr. Lévy is a philosopher and author of 'Israel Alone.' He just completed a campus tour of 14 universities across North America to stand in solidarity with Jewish students under attack from antisemitism.

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