[Myrddin]

One of my co-workers believed that the U.S. jumped into the Balkan war to prevent Turkey from jumping in on the side of the Muslims, thus placing two NATO countries on opposite sides. That objective was accomplished, but it has only delayed the inevitable. The Turks have been leaning heavily in the Muslim direction. The government is supposed to be secular, but that isn't what has been going on over the last 10 years. Supporting this phony "flotilla" is evidence that they are happy to further Islamic terrorism. The bad news is that they have access to NATO information. An ally turning against you after having access to classified info is not a good development.

[Clemenza]

If only the Turkish military still had the stones to stand up to Erdogan and his show trials of their officers.

Turkey is the ONLY country I can think of where I support the Left over the Right. The Left in Turkey stands for the secularism of Ataturk, the Right in Turkey stands for clericalism and Islamism.

[Shady]

So true, it can only lead to bad things, but maybe, just maybe, it will turn out to be the start of the conclusion, and we rid ourselves of this menace of terrorism.