The Medusa Fora

Christine wrote:Amazingly brave, and almost definitely saved lots of people.

Though it did remind me of a quote making the round in connection with Sepp Blatter: 'America - saving Europe from itself since 1917'. No disrespect to these guys, however.

According to sources, the inhabitants of every one of the world’s nations plan to “give it a few more hours, tops” to figure out geopolitical and religious tensions throughout the Middle East; the continuing destabilizing effects of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the rise and expansion of ISIS; regional turmoil as a result of the Syrian civil war; centuries-long strife between Muslims, Jews, and Christians; centuries-long strife between Sunni and Shiite Muslims; unrest stemming from British and French governments dividing the Middle East into sovereign states during World War I; the vested interests of Western nations in Middle Eastern oil resources; the ongoing radicalization of young Muslims living in the West; and ultimately, what possible psychological conditions could actually lead a person, even under extreme duress, to make the conscious decision to take the lives of so many others who are simply and peacefully going about their daily lives.

Mike from Boston wrote:Heard someone on the radio this morning stating their belief that the coup in Turkey was staged in order to give Ergodan the excuse to purge his enemies and grab more power.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origina ... swers.html

DzM wrote:

Mike from Boston wrote:Heard someone on the radio this morning stating their belief that the coup in Turkey was staged in order to give Ergodan the excuse to purge his enemies and grab more power.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origina ... swers.html

I have trouble believing that Pres. Ergodan would bother with a staged coup. He strikes me as the kind of autocrat that, when it's time to overthrow the government and purge his enemies, would just drag them into the streets and execute them. (For a good example of this kind of power grab read up on Sadam Hussein's rise to power and the very public Ba'ath Party purge he did in 1979).

Update: I just noticed that the date of the Ba'ath purge is July 22. That's tomorrow!

More info: http://www.executedtoday.com/2013/07/22 ... arty-coup/

Low D wrote:Staged or not, he is clearly taking advantage of the situation: 70,000 public servants, from top military to public school teachers, fired, and 10,000 people detained. Neither of those are final numbers!