I feel so sorry for the solders on the ground, they are going to go through hell now, their lives as they knew them are over. And this has nothing to do with taking sides.
My dad always taught me not to hit someone who is already on the ground.
Erdogan is "consolidating his base," as we like to say in the States.
He's preparing a formal extradition request for Gulen (who turns out to live a mere 100 miles from my home, in a town mostly known for being a Hindu Vedic healing center. How whimsical the world, eh?) I don't see how the US can possibly turn it down even if it's not justified. We extradite "terrorists" from Turkey.
I hope the US will not extradite Gulen though. The US often demands and gets asymmetry in relationships, it extradites from Turkey but it doesn't mean that it will be as easy or possible for Turkey to extradite from the US.
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Date: 2016-07-17 10:30 am (UTC)He's preparing a formal extradition request for Gulen (who turns out to live a mere 100 miles from my home, in a town mostly known for being a Hindu Vedic healing center. How whimsical the world, eh?) I don't see how the US can possibly turn it down even if it's not justified. We extradite "terrorists" from Turkey.
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