"The Monterey Herald -- another mouthpiece of the radical left. Any chance to beat on Arnie"
It isn't beating on him. It actually paints him in a rather favorable light, able to put principle over politics and take the heat for an unpopular decision. At least among Turks.
It isn't beating on him.
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You are right, but they are deliberately serving as the platform to bring you the fact that the TURKS are beating on him....but this is no suprise.