He didn't send a flunky.
Posted on 08/22/2016 5:53:36 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
On Wednesday, America's Vice President Joe Biden will arrive in Turkey. His main mission is to smooth things over with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is getting angrier with the United States by the day.
The reason Erdogan is so angry with the United States is, Erdogan says, that America still provides a safe haven to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who Ankara accuses of being behind the failed military coup on July 15. Both before, but especially after the coup, the Turkish government has accused Gülen, who lives in Pennsylvania, of being a terrorist leader comparable to ISIS self-declared caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Turkey has requested Gülen's extradition, but thus far, the United States has refused to play along. The reason, White House officials have said, is that they need actual evidence of Gülen's supposed crimes. They can't just take Erdogan's word for it.
Erdogan begs to differ. To him, all that matters is his desire for Gülen to be extradited. The Islamic authoritarian has no time for trivial things like "the law."
So, it's up to Biden to talk this matter over with Erdogan and to convince him that he is still America's best friend in the region.
Bloomberg believes that Biden has another job: he will also try to convince Erdogan to put a stop to his ridiculous purges that have already cost 80,000 Turks their jobs:
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will find himself in a familiar role when he flies to Turkey this week, offering President Recep Tayyip Erdogan effusive support in public while delivering a tougher message behind closed doors...
This time, though, “Biden has a very difficult trip ahead of him,” said Bulent Aliriza, the director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Joe Biden delivering a tough message?! Ha! It will be a miracle if he even realizes he's in Turkey.
Crazy Joe can do anything!
Until last week, Sloe Joe thought Turkey was only good with a good dressing and mashed potatoes.
He is going to grovel to get our nukes back.
shootfire. He’s going there to kiss their ass / apologize
He didn't send a flunky.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Hahahahahahahahaha. Whew. That was a good one!
Unlike Serbia, which has some political freedom, Biden doesn’t have to.worry about Trump hecklers. They are imprisoned, exiled, or dead.
Courage? Probably not. But what Joe lacks in courage he makes up for in lack of impulse control. Who knows what stupidity he will blurt out?
He’ll want to know where the giblets are kept.
That’s the thing about Joe Biden. NOBODY knows what he’s gonna say...
Not even Joe.
nope,
Joe (the drunk) Biden will put his lips on Erdogan butt and keep it there til he leaves.
Biden’s job is to convince Erdogan to chill before he completely gives away the whole New Caliphate game.
What a country and what a president America has.
Why send a doddering fool like Scranton Joe anywhere? He typifies this lousy administration with his zany behavior.
Maybe slow joe is just flying in with more pallet loads of cash to try and outbid the russians for Erdogan
The rent on Incirlik air base is going up
Wonder how many he can fit in his diplomatic pouch?
No, I would guess he is delivering a big bag of CASH>
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