Posted on 07/19/2016 11:50:43 PM PDT by Mount Athos
The US military is doing "prudent planning" in case it needs to move its anti-ISIS operations out of Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey following the country's failed coup, several US defense officials told CNN Tuesday. The Turkish government cut off the power to the base after the coup attempt took place Friday, leaving it without a commercial power supply for four days and counting.
The Pentagon has been able to fully operate the base through generator power but said it would be difficult to continue indefinitely.
The Turks still have not given a clear explanation about why they cut the power to Incirlik.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
So we are using $200 per gallon diesel in those generators.
How?
I was being cynical... but I honestly would not doubt it.
It wont surprise me if this coup is Obama’s plot with Erdogan, to get american nukes handed off to his Islamist buddies...
Suspiciously like a nuclear “fast and furious” play I believe Bammy intends to complete before he leaves office. He is such a traitor to our great Nation.
“Turkey,like Vermont,is lost to the enemy.Time to cut it loose and treat it for what it is...a radical moslem cesspool. “
You are exactly right. The people of Turkey made a choice. They could have supported the military who would have eventually returned the government back to a secular democracy. But, the people chose a fundamentalist Islamist. So, as you stated, let’em wallow in their own cesspool. It’s time to choose sides and let the party begin....
With the conventions and a couple of highly publicized killings for a smoke screen he will have it done and no headlines.
-—If we had an actual commander-in-chief, that base would have power.-—
Hack his wife’s unlimited black credit cards and hold them hostage until power is restored...
cut the base power, we will give you a headache you never saw coming...
your wife’s wrath...
Maybe the Turks damaged their regional power grid when they threw the switch? Considering how many they’ve purged you can’t dismiss the possibility that the people who know how to do this stuff properly were purged already. I’d be looking for signs of a “Venezuala-style” economic collapse.
I’m pretty sure they are there, and agree completely. They should have been gone 10 years ago.
This IS The Most Important story to monitor, and it should be at the top of Breaking news until the situation is over.
The fissible material in those nukes could be used as dirty bombs that Islamists could leverage against western cities for all kinds of demands.
God help us.
RE: “Rumor has it, about fifty arrows are stored at Incirlik. They need to be moved. Yesterday.”
The terrorists get the weapons, we get deniability.
If we had an actual commander-in-chief, we wouldn’t be using that base.
The terrorists get the weapons, we get deniability.
What difference does it make if a few infidels get killed?
Damascus has been under an order of prophetic destruction for several thousand years. It's time is drawing close.
RAF Acrotiri isn’t very far away.
It could do with a lick of paint ,but would be more than useful on a temporary basis.
Somewhere to relocate the Nukes to and a handy place for an F22 Raptor Nest.
Just a thought.
Turkey is a democracy moving toward a theocracy. The mullahs may well be controlling the numbers on the streets.
How many Gitmo jihadis is this gonna cost us?
“...paranoia served them well when they were clawing their way to the top. When they look to it to maintain power, people die....”
Same as it ever was...
Why exactly do we still have nukes there? Why are they not flown out? Whomever is calling the shots is a special kind of stupid.
I’m confused:
Of course you are. Our government and military are lying to us constantly about this. See
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3450835/posts
esp #21 & #22
It should be made known that the responsibility for any going "missing" will be Obama's, and his alone.
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