Turkish Coup

I cannot say it surprises me a bit. Turkish Prez Tayyip Erdogan has been playing both sides against the middle regarding the ISIS/Al Queda/Kurdish independence thing while setting himself up as a long term president along the lines of ""His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Alhaji Dr. Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE" of Uganda for the last couple of years.
That fat rascal had more medals on his uniform of office than Audey Murphy, Alvin York, and Chesty Puller combined.
 
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Latest word is it has failed. Any bets if the US spent money and support to re-establish him?

Our official position condensed:

This is diffferent than the arab spring... only made sense to assist the will of the people to establish islamic rule.

People wanting to overthrow a tyrant to follow the rule of law are anarchists and should be denounced.
 
slick4591":3cn1sdwz said:
I have to admit I've lost a few of the details about this, only knowing the attempt failed. But this don't sound good at all.


I will be the first to admit that I don't know everything there is to know about global policy and foreign relations. However my simple mind tells me we should bring all our gear and all our soldiers home and let the rest of the world alone.
 
Yes as well as more recently with China and their dash9 line claiming sovereignty over vast swaths of the South China Sea.

Another red line passes away quietly.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-usa-diplomacy-analysis-idUSKCN1072WS
In the lead-up to an international court ruling on China's claims in the South China Sea this month, United States officials talked about rallying a coalition to impose "terrible" costs to Beijing's international reputation if flouted the court's decision.

But just two weeks after the July 12 announcement by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague - which at least on paper, appeared to be a humiliating defeat for China - the U.S. strategy appears to be unraveling and the court's ruling is in danger of becoming irrelevant.


On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State expressed satisfaction that ASEAN had issued a communique that championed the rule of law and said the omission of any reference to the arbitration case did not detract from its importance.

He also said it was "impossible" for the ruling to become irrelevant because it is legally binding.

But analysts said it now risks exactly that, not least because Washington has failed to press the issue effectively with its friends and allies.

"We should all be worried that this case is going to go down as nothing more than a footnote because its impact was only as strong as the international community was going to make it," said Greg Poling, a South China Sea expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank.

"And the international community has voted by not saying anything. The consensus seems to be 'We don’t care. We don’t want to hold China to these standards.'"
 

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