tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7047847730669303880..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Will Turkey Become NATO's First and the Muslim World's Next Failed State?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65367606571707887722015-10-13T13:59:56.162-07:002015-10-13T13:59:56.162-07:00@ PLG - let's hope you're right. That enti...@ PLG - let's hope you're right. That entire region is turning into such a mess. Now the Turks are pissed off with the Americans who are air dropping weapons and supplies to the Syrian Kurds ostensibly for their battle against Assad. It's not just the chaos overtaking that region but the incredible pace of its onset.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35276363370418911842015-10-13T13:35:42.574-07:002015-10-13T13:35:42.574-07:00Anyong said: No dialogue, no solution. The EU ne...Anyong said: No dialogue, no solution. The EU needs to calling for talks right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-79174902288082141922015-10-13T13:24:31.596-07:002015-10-13T13:24:31.596-07:00Surely we can rest some hopes in the elections fir...Surely we can rest some hopes in the elections first, before we appeal to generals who are not so wonderful either? With a bit of luck Erdogan will get his clock cleaned and the progressive Kurd-related party will do fairly well, leading to a new coalition that is relatively broad and so at least less disposed to drive division. That won't remove Erdogan from office, but it could make him irrelevant.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54141642062246532462015-10-12T19:04:42.407-07:002015-10-12T19:04:42.407-07:00That's a weird system. It is a sort of check o...That's a weird system. It is a sort of check on the reins of power. It has worked in the past. Along with Erdogan is an ascendency of Islam that previous Turkish governments have prevented. Has it been too much? <br /><br />I don't know what the generals will do. <br /><br />Turkey is to Europe what Mexico is to North America, a place to move their factories to. Industry has come to Turkey in a big way. As well as the usual economic reasons, Turkey has the advantage of location, close to Europe and close to the Middle East; thus goods can easily be shipped both ways. <br /><br />The social advantage is that employment is better than in so many places in the Middle East. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89584919898000014312015-10-12T16:48:03.995-07:002015-10-12T16:48:03.995-07:00Do you think the generals will intervene to save t...Do you think the generals will intervene to save the country as they have before?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18643248223304136002015-10-12T12:13:56.725-07:002015-10-12T12:13:56.725-07:00From Pepe Escobar, "And what about Turkey? He...From Pepe Escobar, "And what about Turkey? Here’s the short answer. Sultan Erdogan simply can’t handle the Kurds — either in Syria or in Turkey. He can’t handle Syria. Not to mention he can’t handle Moscow. There’s a running joke from Syria to Iraq and Iran that one does not need to attack Turkey; you just let it fall apart by itself. Sultan Erdogan is making sure that happens."<br /><br />http://atimes.com/2015/10/say-hello-to-my-cruise-missiles-escobar/<br /><br />Erdogan is an incompetent jerk. His religiosity is wreaking Turkey's separation of Mosque and state. Erdogan reminds me of George (Gomer) Bush. Tobynoreply@blogger.com