Posted by Tina
The Turkish Army is a force with a long tradition as guardians of the secular constitution of the nation. Last nights failed coup signals an end to that tradition and the dawn of a solidified Islamic state at the gateway to Europe. Ralph Peters commentary on the situation is quite illuminating both historically and for the present. An excerpt from, “Turkeys last hope dies,” illustrates the shame and failure of our own current government regarding world affairs:
Erdogan has packed Turkey’s courts with Islamists. He appointed pliant, pro-Islamist generals and admirals, while staging show trials of those of whom he wished to rid the country. He has de facto, if not yet de jure, curtailed women’s freedoms. He dissolved the wall between mosque and state (Friday night, he used mosques’ loudspeakers to call his supporters into the streets). Not least, he had long allowed foreign fighters to transit Turkey to join ISIS and has aggressively backed other extremists whom he believed he could manage.
And his diplomatic extortion racket has degraded our own military efforts against ISIS.
That’s the man President Obama supports.
And the leaders of the ill-fated coup? What did they stand for? Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s legacy and a secular constitution. One of the great men of the last century, Ataturk (an innovative general by background) pulled Turkey from the wreckage of World War One, abolished the caliphate, suppressed fanatical religious orders, gave women legal rights and social protections, banned the veil, promoted secular education for all citizens of Turkey, strongly advocated Westernization and modernization…and promoted a democratic future.
The officers who led the collapsed coup stood for all those things. President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry opposed them.
Not since Chamberlain have we seen such unmitigated failure of leadership. Are we witnessing the dawn of another world war? The signs are certainly there.
Am now seeing opinions that this was a “false flag” operation, allowed/perpetrated so that Erdogan could then crack down and consolidate power. Here is one such—
http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/07/httpswwwrtcomnews351602-turkey-supreme-court-arrested.html
Erdogan is not our friend and never has been. During the first Gulf war he blocked our troops from landing in Turkey and caused us a lot of headaches as a result. He’s a radical Muslim, he’s just not a terrorist radical muslim. But, he’s radical enough to have contempt for the West and he would like to see Turkey’s Ottoman Empire be reborn to the extent that it is possible, either thru influence or by force. The military is more on the side of democratic reforms and secularism. If this was a false flag coup then I am disappointed. I was hoping Erdgoan was in trouble – he should be! However, as we’ve come to expect, Obama, picked the wrong side again. He was singing the praises of Erdogan and calling for his support. Obama is either a total dumbass or he is so pro-Muslim he’s lost any objectivity, either way he’s dangerous to be in office. The sooner both he and Erdogan leave, the better the world will be. Erdogan is consolidating power and that won’t be good for us.
Ask the Kurds whether Erdogan is a terrorist or not. Erdogan is well on his way to establishing his own Islamic caliphate in Turkey. Both Obama and Trump have publicly backed the “democratically elected” Erdogan government. His government was “democratically” elected as much as the government in Iran is democratically elected.
Unless Turkey throws off the chains of Islamo-facism, they are dead as a free society.
Erdogan also allowed Obama and Hillary the arms shipments from Benghazi, Libya to travel through his country into Syria to arm the Syrian rebels, that ended up in the hands of ISIS.
Remember Chris Stevens went to Benghazi the day of the attack to meet with the Turkey agent. The attack took place shortly after the agent left the compound.
The American Thinker cites David P. Goldman and an interesting wrinkle for Erdogan in the years to come. Their economy and debt are a burden but so are demographics:
Something smells here. The FIRST thing would’ve been to corral Erdogan, but that didn’t happen. And now the “dissidents” are being rounded up for disposal.
Sounds a lot like it wasn’t a coup at all – rather a purge.
Some have suggested it was orchestrated by Erdogan so you may be on to something there J. What better way to impose even more stringent authoritarian control. Our Prez likes this guy…no surprise there!