The enemy? Read what you wrote again, and try and figure out why there's no problem with the president's statement. My personal opinion, stay out of it.
I agree. We should stay out of it and, under normal circumstances I would even find myself in agreement with Obama, but Erdogan has increasingly been heading in an autocratic and islamist direction. That's really antithetical to the very founding of the Turkish republic. He's all but actively supported IS and done nothing, as a NATO ally to help combat them. I'm not going to shed a tear if the coup is successful and he finds himself cracking rocks.
Looking for more details on this.
Looking as if radical Islam might be the victor here?
Gillian Turner on FNC is certainly smoking hot, but she is obviously quite the liberal. Taking the Obama/Muslim end?
Looking for more details on this.
Looking as if radical Islam might be the victor?
Sure looks like it. The Turkish people have spoken. They apparently have rejected secularism and embraced Islamism.
First, I wonder if this wasn't precipitated in part by Erdogan's caving to Putin on the apology thing. If I'm a Turkish military leader, and my crew successfully shoots down a Russian plane in Turkish airspace, and my CINC APOLOGIZES for it? I think I'd be pissed.
Second, though, maybe it is just everything else going on, but I've got a bad feeling about this. Yeah, I'm familiar with the history (although not as familiar as some of you, clearly) so I see the pattern. I'm just not convinced yet that this is the same thing.
I hope you guys are right.
It was an inept bunch.You need to be more paranoid. Picture Erdogan's security people finding out about the coup. If you're Erdogan and you're sure it won't have enough resources to succeed, what better way to push past resistance to your complete take-over?
Brief bloody coup that fails followed by state of emergency/martial law and you become the Putin of the Bosporus (your goal all along)
Swear allegience to the caliphate, play your cards right and BECOME the Caliph
When military coups take place in the middle-east, they are i) ruthless, ii) extremely well-organized and planned, and iii) succeed on virtually every occasion. But not this one.
Setup for a purge.They have dismissed 2,745 judges across the country. Looks like Erdogan is taking this opportunity to reshape the government more to his liking.
The Counter-Coup Begins: Erdogan Purges 2,745 Judges, Prosecutors; Arrests Hundreds | Zero Hedge
Yeah. This is a coup, but I'm beginning to think the military was setup.