Posted on 09/15/2014 4:10:08 AM PDT by Truth29
When his ideals fail, Davutoglu does two things: he asserts that they failed not because his vision was wrong but because the world order is wrong, and must be corrected; and he tends to find euphemisms. After the IS took 49 Turks hostage, Davutoglu's deputy minister said that "they were not actually being kept hostage," but "were merely interned." How nice! Perhaps the Turkish consulate personnel are now playing backgammon with IS's backgammon heavyweights. Meanwhile, the standard Turkish official attribution to the IS is that it is "an organization," with careful abstinence of the word "terrorist." Do the Turks think that the Islamic State is a charity organization?
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You beat me to it
Americans have to come to understand that Turkey is no longer the modern nation founded by Ataturk. It is not the same political entity that sent troops to Korea, joined NATO, or once wanted to integrate with Europe. It is now controlled by Islamists. It allows ISIS recruits to transverse its borders into Syria. It allows ISIS to export the oil the barbarians have seized. Its leaders cannot be trusted and dream themselves of reestablishing the Ottoman caliphate, this time financed by the oil their ancestors did not know they possessed.
Precisely. Sadly, 75% of Americans must first learn about Ataturk and the young turks, in order to appreciate the change.
Interesting. Thanks for posting. (Interesting “authors” and “about us” at the Gatestone Institute)
The author spells Obama in a very odd way...
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