The Reuters news service is reporting today that newly minted Secretary of State John Kerry has advised that not only does the United States disagree with the volatile comment by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogen but that it is 'objectionable' as well.
But the comment by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at a U.N. meeting in Vienna this week, condemned by his Israeli counterpart, the White House and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has clouded his visit.
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Erdogan told the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations meeting in Vienna on Wednesday: "Just as with Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, it has become necessary to view Islamophobia as a crime against humanity."
The Turkish prime minister's caustic rhetoric on Israel has in the past won applause from conservative supporters at home but raised increasing concern among Western allies.
It is laudable for our new SoS for his willingness to push back against comments that are indeed objectionable to our country by an ally.