Posted on 09/21/2017 4:01:30 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Turkey's descent into Islamist despotism distorts the NATO alliance: how can Turkey combat a external threat from without, Daniel Pipes asked, when a member state poses the same threat from within?
No one tells us what we can say. We are a free people, and we will act in complete freedom. – Daniel Pipes, President, Middle East Forum (MEF)
The purging of 120,000 government employees following last year's failed coup means that "more police counter-terrorism experts are in prison than ISIS members." A democratic Turkey is a must for NATO, both for the alliance's success and for Turkey itself. – Emre Celik, Turkish dissident, at Middle East Forum-NATO conference in Philadelphia, September 2017
When Celik he began to speak, the Turks -- and the NATO bureaucrats who support them -- marched out in lockstep, thereby allowing a distant despot to control their actions in the birthplace of liberty. NATO's willingness to ignore the principles it was founded to defend reveals the moral corruption at its heart....
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan often seems to fancy himself a world-striding figure capable of bullying anyone, anywhere he likes. As the world saw this past May, when his security forces launched what police called a "brutal attack" against peaceful demonstrators outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., opponents of his dictatorial regime have good reason to fear for their safety, even in America.
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Turkish Censorship continues, but unsuccessfully this time.
Please read the full article. Well worth the time.
Turkey Ping
Good advice from Vlad.
“Turkey’s descent into Islamist despotism distorts the NATO alliance..”
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Let this reality settle in NATO’s mind.
Yes, Indeed. It is time.
And she does not overstate the situation. She knows because she is from Turkey. She grew up there.
bttt
What is your view of Gulen and the Kurds? I’m finding conflicting sources.
The Gulen thing is noise created by Erdogan. The coup was a faux coup.
Erdogan did this to gain his super powers. He is not happy unless he is killing Kurds.
Why?
Because they threaten his established Dictatorship.
Neo Ottoman Insanity. (Erdogan the Islamist Dictator of Turkey)
Please read this, if you haven’t already. It explains a lot over a long time in Turkey.
Turkey Uncensored: A History of Censorship and Bans
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