Posted on 07/16/2016 5:44:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot
The Reichstag Fire of 27 February, 1933
When we described the aftermath of Turkey's failed, and painfully disorganized military coup attempt, we asked rhetorically, "Who wins?" To which we answered: "Why Erdogan of course. As he said during a press conference upon his arrival back in Istanbul in the early Saturday morning hours, the coup is an opportunity to "to purge the military." Erdogan also vowed to exact "the highest price" from the perpetrators. Or, to summarize, the military said Erdogan's power consolidation justifies the attempted coup; Erdogan said the coup justifies further consolidation of power."
Overnight, when analyzing the market's take of the coup, Renaissance Capital's Michael Harris said that "for markets to respond positively, we think Erdogan must go the reconciliation route, pledging not to hold elections for the coming year and committing to a consensus approach to constitutional change. More likely, though, Erdogan will seek to leverage this into a constitutional super-majority via a snap election."
Their conclusion: "A military coup has failed, but if Erdogan responds to this historic moment the wrong way, a democratic coup could be the result."
Not surprisingly, as of this morning, Erdogan is indeed responding to this historic moment the "wrong way." But before we get to that point, there are questions whether this coup was even that.
As a NYT analyst on the ground pointed out, confirming what we said last night, the planning, organization and implementation of the attempted military overthrow were suspect at best and outright laughable at worst:
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
where have I heard that before??
Wow! This was staged to give him a pretext to eliminate all opposition. Congress better be paying attention.
You have capsulized this in just a few words. This disaster further enshrines another Islamist crazy, advances the caliphate project and gives cover for backing off on ISIS and intensify attacks on the Kurds. Obama must love the outcome.
Erdogan is also behind all the bombing they’ve been having
“...And this is who Obama is telling the world is a courageous hero....”
Obama is probably having orgasms watching this Islamic dictator turn secular Turkey into a new version of Germany in the early thirties....
Erdogan will never rest easy again. The harder he represses the Turkish people the more likely he will be overthrown.
Now comes the reign of terror. Give queen bit*h Hillary 6 or 7 supremes and don’t think this same charade couldn’t happen here.
Are we going to see masses of bodies strung up on construction cranes like in Iran? Will we be reminded that this dude is ‘democratically elected’, a fellow MB like Barry, a member of NATO, and we all are required to look the other way?
Great pic. Very apt!
The question that this piece raises is a serious one, and it deserves a serious answer.
The scale of the military involved, and the broad way the coup was attempted makes it extremely unlikely that this was a Reichstag fire situation, even though the outcome of it will likely be the same.
Obama has been talking about an October Surprise for a long time
somebody needs to ask how he came up with a list of 2745 judges to purge so fast
lets say he spent an average of one minute on to decide on each judge and worked around the clock(would take way way longer) it would take just short of 2 days
He has a List just like Obama
Judge Roland Friesler; so crazy even hard-core Nazis feared him.
PING!!
Article and comments, esp links at #4 TURKEY Seals Off Incirlik Air Base
and #14 American military hostages for Gulen
Thanks, Skypilot, ncfool, and ameribbean expat
I wish he’d purge judges an let’s start over.
Friesler started out as a Bolshevik. He would have served the Commies with equal dedication had they come to power in Germany.
He met his end courtesy of an Allied bomb during a raid.
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