tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post170114153706962986..comments2023-12-22T15:54:02.289-08:00Comments on Consider The Source: The Adult in the Roommikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-16879186603685577762011-07-08T10:26:27.301-07:002011-07-08T10:26:27.301-07:00Erdogan is sure as hell NOT going to have the Turk...Erdogan is sure as hell NOT going to have the Turkish Army set up shop in Syria. <br /><br />Having Turkey use military forcr to invade an Arab nation wouldn't suit his foreign policy and having the Army in the spotlight as protectors of oppressed people wouldn't suit his domestic agenda of breaking the Army's political power.fusternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-81655783159515959902011-06-20T17:12:26.140-07:002011-06-20T17:12:26.140-07:00Except for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the only adult in...<i>Except for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the only adult in the room...</i><br /><br />I dunno if I'd go that far, given the usual Turkish stances on Kurds and Armenians that don't seem to change an awful lot. Then there's Cyprus and whatever passes for a relationship between those two countries. Same old same old.<br /><br />Still, I feared a guy who could lead Turkey towards battiness and he hasn't. That's something given the backslide of the Europe that's too snooty to let the Turks into the EU.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-60008069710807434602011-06-19T12:41:44.344-07:002011-06-19T12:41:44.344-07:00Well, it's also kind of a blessing, if you'...Well, it's also kind of a blessing, if you're one of those good Americans who thinks Bill Kristol is smart and that America's greatness is based entirely on her historical domination of the World Warfare Standings.<br /><br />Because, in Bahrain it IS, to at least some extent, really about Muslim sectarian hatred. And even better (if you're still one of those Americans who thinks we should blow all the way to hell any foreigner who has the gall to call us names), it is the Sunnis (Saudi, Pakistan, you know, GOOD Muslims) fighting to hold on to power against that upstart Shi'a rabble (OMG IRAN IRAN IRAN IRAN WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE BOMB 'EM BOMB 'EM KILL 'EM ALL NUKE 'EM NOW!) which makes it all so simple and easy to understand (subhuman muslims can't even decide on the tenets of their own freakin religion - they all oughta convert to a REAL religion, you know, like pentacostal baptists or somethin) and, entirely by coincidence ends up supporting the side with all the firepower and preserves the status quo which includes the presence of the US Fifth Fleet at the Naval Support Center in Juffair...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-68996032489459796052011-06-19T10:42:40.597-07:002011-06-19T10:42:40.597-07:00Bahrain is different
Bahrain has U.S. military eq...<i>Bahrain is different</i><br /><br />Bahrain has U.S. military equipment and at least tacit support. <br /><br />They have oil and play ball with our oil companies, which I think is no coincidence. I suspect it will end up being a problem for us, eventually.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com