Secular part of Turkey suffery another defeat by hands of the AKP regime

Skybird · 08-05-13, 04:29 PM

The Egyptian military has a much longer tradition than the Turkish one in seeing itself as the last defence of the secular state against religious militans and devout Islam (not that the non-Muslim minorities really very free and equal before: they never have been). Like min Turkey the military leaders abused that role often to establish their own privileged economic status and to build a parallel business structure working just for their pockets.

However, I think that is the lesser of the two evils. Obama must be more hopeless a case than I imagined so far that he really wants the military to pull back and have the Islamists reinstalled.

The Bush administration knew nothing about the ME, and Islam. The Obama administration imo is not one bit more educated. In a way it is even more naive.

And the EU, well, I think I can save myself from mentioning them. Plenty of love for them from the bottom of my heart, as usual.

08-05-13, 04:29 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,649 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Egyptian military has a much longer tradition than the Turkish one in seeing itself as the last defence of the secular state against religious militans and devout Islam (not that the non-Muslim minorities really very free and equal before: they never have been). Like min Turkey the military leaders abused that role often to establish their own privileged economic status and to build a parallel business structure working just for their pockets. However, I think that is the lesser of the two evils. Obama must be more hopeless a case than I imagined so far that he really wants the military to pull back and have the Islamists reinstalled. The Bush administration knew nothing about the ME, and Islam. The Obama administration imo is not one bit more educated. In a way it is even more naive. And the EU, well, I think I can save myself from mentioning them. Plenty of love for them from the bottom of my heart, as usual. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.