Posted on 07/21/2016 4:10:49 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
If today’s Western leaders possess one general trait, it’s a genius for self-deception. Insisting that Islamist terror has nothing to do with Islam, or that religion has no strategic impact, or that all human beings want freedom and democracy, amounts to declaring that up is down, right is left and night is day.
And midnight is coming for millions in Turkey, even as we insist that a dying flashlight is the sun.
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Yep. A few prophecy teachers have been talking about erdogan for over a year now.
I’m thinking the people have had enough of the government lies and coverup and will take measures themselves.
the next 3 months will be the Real coup
>>And when Turkey invades Europe, he’s got millions of Muslims throughout Europe who will be firmly in his corner.<<
Won’t be Europe. It’ll be Israel.
Ralph Peters is ignorant of Turkish Kemalism and its hands drenched in the blood of 4 million Assyrian Armenian and Greek Christians.
They’re are strategic partner, they just need to keep a lid on it. /as if, sarc^2
“our” -you grammar Kemalists!
Did you forget the sarcasm tag?
Didn’t think it would be required.
And yet, this is the country that Peterson demands Trump defend per the terms of the NATO treaty ? The current Islamic authoritarian version of Turkey would never have been admitted to NATO.
When a country with which you have mutual defense treaties changes so much internally as to be unrecognizable, are you still bound by the treaty ?
>>“Erdogan wants power for himself, but he also, sincerely, wants it for his faith
Precisely the sort of state-established nature America’s founders recognized and tried to excise when they constituted their 1st amendment, and then secured that with the 2nd.
“ERRORS CEASING TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN IT IS PERMITTED TO _______ THEM”
Is it legal to fill in that blank in Turkey today?
More of a reborn Ottoman Empire, but point in general is understood.
Did it have to do with Trump’s comments on Erdogan?
So, what’s happening at Incirlik Air Base these days?
How are our nukes there doing?
Yes - that was Peters’ TDS meltdown.
MSM & gov’t continue to conceal this story.
This is the most current update I can find on the Most Important current geopolitical crisis we face, ie: hostile islamist army holding 1300 US soldiers, citizens And 50 hydrogen bombs hostage.
http://www.incirlik.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/851466/incirlik-continues-operations
Incirlik Continues Operations
39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs / Published July 21, 2016
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey —
A message from Col. John Walker, 39th Air Base Wing commander. “We are working hard to ensure we have what we need to sustain and continue our mission here. Tough situations and learning to adapt in a moment’s notice is nothing new for us titans. The Airmen with the 39th Air Base Wing are cut from a superior cloth. I’m so impressed with their professionalism, compassion and dedication to the mission. Keep doing what you’re doing.”
Base personnel have had and continue to have access to hot meals and running drinkable water. Locations with air conditioning have been designated as cool spots to provide personnel an area to cool off, receive WiFi, charge devices and sleep. At this time base personnel are still receiving inbound mail. Deliveries of food, water, and fuel continue to be received to sustain the 39th Air Base Wing mission.
U.S. Airmen from the 728th Air Mobility Squadron push a pallet of meals, ready to eat onto rollers, July 19, 2016, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Due to an extended loss of commercial power, food, fuel and other supplies were sent to Incirlik to sustain missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua T. Jasper)
And:
http://m.breaking911.com/turkey-increases-pressure-on-u-s-over-extraditing-cleric/
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s top diplomat on Friday told the United States that it should extradite an exiled cleric it has linked to last week’s coup attempt as soon as possible – a sensitive issue that risks causing serious tension between the two allies.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told state TV TRT Haber that Turkey was ready to take part in a commission proposed by the U.S. to discuss the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, but there was no need for it to take a long time.
“If you want to draw out the Gulen extradition issue it can take years but if you are decisive it can be completed in a short period,” he said in remarks carried by Reuters.
Following a failed July 15 coup by renegade military units, Turkey has carried out a widespread crackdown on the army, police, judiciary and educational institutions, arresting, firing and suspending tens of thousands of people.
The government maintains that followers of Gulen, who resides in Pennsylvania, were behind the coup and has demanded his extradition.
The U.S. has insisted it would need clear evidence of the cleric’s involvement.
For his part, Gulen has denied any link to the plot, implying instead that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged it as part of a bid to consolidate power.
The president, meanwhile, called on Turks to continue nightly protests a week after the coup, calling it an “antidote” to the coup.
“I am requesting my heroic nation, which thwarted the armed coup attempt with its foresight and courage, to continue the democracy watch on the streets until our country gets out of this difficult situation for good,” he said late Thursday.
In a sign of the continuing tensions on the street, protesters surrounded a military base in Ankara with trucks and a bulldozer, possibly over fears of further military moves.
The president added that more than 10,000 people have been detained so far. In an earlier speech he emphasized the need for a “cleansing” of society and the existence of a “virus” in the military.
On Thursday, one of Turkey’s most prominent human rights defenders, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, was detained at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport and later transferred to a local police station.
Earlier, Turkey declared a temporary suspension of a European-drafted rights pact that covers issues such as detention and searches.
Lawmakers passed the state-of-emergency motion by a comfortable majority Thursday, giving Turkey’s Cabinet the ability to rule by decree for at least the next three months. The decrees can be overruled by parliament but are not subject to review by Turkey’s Constitutional Court.
The hard-line moves contrasted sharply with an effort by Turkish officials to reassure the country that the post-coup upheavals would not harm the economy or cause permanent harm to Turkey’s relations with the West.
But worries have been growing from Turkey’s NATO allies and others. Turkey is a critical front-line partner in the fight against the Islamic State and efforts to control the flow of migrants into Europe. There also is concern that Turkish society and freedoms could come under much tighter control amid the purges and probes following last week’s unsuccessful coup.
After a military coup in 1980, martial law was imposed in Turkey. And Turkey imposed emergency rule over its restive Kurdish regions in the southeast in 1987, lifting it 15 years later.
But it has never done so for the entire country. Emergency rule grants authorities special powers to use the military and other security services to break up demonstrations and other public gatherings.
Western leaders have been increasingly uncomfortable with the crackdown.
In Washington, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Turkey’s allies will be “closely watching” Erdogan’s next moves.
“We are going to continue to urge them to protect the kinds of democratic traditions and institutions that helped them repel the coup in the first place and are critical to Turkey’s success in the future,” Earnest told reporters.
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