Attemted coup in Turkey

[Bobby]

Discuss (I am going to bed so will check tomorrow).

[nafod]

Out with the Islamists

[baffled]

Allahpundit's got the play by play at hotair http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/15/w ... in-turkey/

[DrDonkeyLove]

Nothing less than platitudes from Josh Earnest will do at a time of crisis like this.

Let us hope that they're quickly forthcoming to forestall fear in the American people and our allies worldwide.

[WildGorillaMan]

#thoughtsandprayers

[johno]

#thoughtsandprayers

AND Facebook memes.

[Schlegel]

What a year for the historians this will be. At least it's instability someplace the US never occupied.

#NotAmericasFaultThisTime

[johno]

Still, I blame the US.

#NotEnoughThoughts&Prayers #NoOneReallyCared #IslamophobiaKills #AllOurFault #SendUsMoreRefugees

[Blaidd Drwg]

Isn't Turkey's military known for being one of the more professional and secular in that region?

The Turkish military has traditionally seen itself as a guardian of the country’s secular heritage, and tensions between Erdogan and the Turkish armed forces have been growing for years.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/15/her ... in-turkey/

I think this tradition of a secular military goes back to the immediately post Ataturk days but I could have that totally wrong.

[Protobuilder]

A secular Turkey isn't a bad thing.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

No. When I was in Istanbul a few years back it was a cool place to visit...only after that did some of the islamicism get out of hand

[Turdacious]

I was in Istanbul earlier this year-- the day before the bombing that killed the German tourists and again a few days after. Pretty much stayed in the tourist areas but other than a few more cops and less homeless in the airport there was no difference. The few Kurds I met were wary but seemed pretty well tolerated.

[powerlifter54]

Is this called a Turkey Coop?

[TerryB]

Today, we are all Turks.

[WildGorillaMan]

Today, we are all Turks.

Je suis Ankara

[powerlifter54]

i was iffy on the French, but no way am i a Turk. i shower too often to qualify. And am neutral on goats.

[Bobby]

i was iffy on the French, but no way am i a Turk. i shower too often to qualify. And am neutral on goats.

I like goats in a non sexual platonic way,but then I am not a turk or arab....they don`t seem to be able to leave the poor goats alone.

[nafod]

I was in Izmir in 1989, when our ship pulled in for a port visit. On the pier coming back to the ship, I bought a velvet painting of an 18 wheeler crossing the desert with a ghost image of a pony express rider in the background, for $1.

[nafod]

CNN is reporting the coup plotters were being advised by an American, supposedly identified as a former
US Army Ranger of Hispanic descent.

[seeahill]

CNN is reporting the coup plotters were being advised by an American, supposedly identified as a former
US Army Ranger of Hispanic descent.

Bats!

[Shafpocalypse Now]

Istanbul was/is a sex tourism destination for 50+ year old white women. Because they could get all the action they wanted there.