Is Turkey Holding US Troops Hostage?
Obama’s leadership will be tested in light of the tragically failed coup against the Islamist Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is blaming Fethullah Gulen for the uprising. Gulen lives in Pennsylvania. Erdogan demands we turn him over, presumably so that the frail old man can be executed. As if to enforce this demand, Erdogan appears to be holding 1,500 US troops hostage in Turkey:
#Erdogan: “US have to give us #Gulen if we are to cooperate together.” In meantime, 1,500 Americans at #Incirlik can’t go in, out or fly.
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) July 16, 2016
Power to the base has been cut off.
What’s Obama doing about it? Probably playing golf, according to this source:
Obama has wrapped up 11am NSC Turkey call, en route, presumably to golf, per pool at 1145.
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) July 16, 2016
Gulen has condemned the coup, and denies having anything to do with it. However,
Erdogan and Gulen, former political allies, have fallen out in recent years over Erdogan’s years-long crackdown on domestic dissent and Turkey’s once-open media landscape. … [Gulen] promotes a philosophy that blends a mystical form of Islam with staunch advocacy of democracy, education, science and interfaith dialogue. …
Before Friday’s coup attempt, more than 2,000 Gulen supporters had been arrested in Turkey on various charges since their split in 2013. In March, Turkish authorities seized control of one of Turkey’s largest newspapers, Zaman, which was associated with Gulen.
You can see why a hardline Islamist like Erdogan, who has been turning the clock back on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s secularization of Turkey, might want Gulen’s head as part of the crackdown that inevitably follows failed coups against authoritarian regimes.
Turkey being a member of NATO makes this a very sticky situation. So does Obama’s formerly buddy–buddy relationship with Erdogan, who is conspicuously not on the side of the angels.
Quality, competent, principled leadership would be nice. But that’s too much to ask these days.
Hat tip: The Right Scoop.
Source: http://moonbattery.com/?p=74421
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