Anti-Semitism has always existed in the world, and most likely it will live on as long as the Jews exist. Operation "Cast Lead" simply added fuel to the fire. This time it was Turkey that joined the anti-Semitic states, a move that theoretically seemed quite unlikely a few years ago. At least at the time of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a staunch Kemalist, relations between Turkey and Israel were almost perfect. The Jewish lobby defended Turkish interests all over the world; US Administration called Turkey its strategic ally and friend.

The year of 2008 was also a time of reformatting the South Caucasus Region. After the «five-day» war of Georgia against South Ossetia it became clear that new division lines were to be outlined in the region. No doubt unwilling to do it himself, President of Georgia made a «regal» present to RF that had long been waiting for an opportunity to gain revenge against the USA for the too profound an interference it had in the solution of Caucasus problems. The result was a much more chaotic bedlam in which even the most «skillful» states were unable to "catch a fish".