The protest on Thursday outside Incirlik Air Base, where demonstrators burned American flags, coincided with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan’s lashing- out at Central Command’s Gen. Joseph Votel, whom he accused of siding with coup plotters.
“It’s not up to you to make that decision. Who are you? Know your place,” Erdogan said on national television Friday, a day after Votel said the coup attempt on July 15 and the jailing of Turkish military leaders could affect U.S. operations against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
There may be something to these second coup rumors. Let’s hope so.