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Don't pretend to really know. Saddam was a bad guy too but he kept the country out of chaos. onecaliberal Jul 2016 #1
i'm not sure either LettuceSea Jul 2016 #5
"but he kept the country out of chaos." NCTraveler Jul 2016 #26
Absolutely nothing. Avalux Jul 2016 #2
This^^^ PJMcK Jul 2016 #29
Kick Turkey out of NATO and for god sake pull those pointless nukes out of there. Statistical Jul 2016 #3
Your post resonates w/ me LettuceSea Jul 2016 #6
Bingo. They want to act like Egypt or Algeria, they get treated like those countries nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #15
"We wish him well." randome Jul 2016 #4
out him. mopinko Jul 2016 #7
We have nukes there onecaliberal Jul 2016 #8
yeah, we need to get them out of there. mopinko Jul 2016 #9
Indeed onecaliberal Jul 2016 #10
Secular? Really? nt JanMichael Jul 2016 #11
Erdogan is not secular AntiBank Jul 2016 #12
Wait. bemildred Jul 2016 #13
desperate or just unhinged? nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #16
Erdogan taunts Obama over coup attempt in Turkey bemildred Jul 2016 #17
Real issue, imo, is whether Istanbul would secede. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #18
I do expect this will not have the effect of bringing all of Turkey together as one. bemildred Jul 2016 #19
the rural/urban divide isn't exactly unique to Turkey, but it really is front geek tragedy Jul 2016 #20
That divisions will not be healed by any of this is the point I want to make. bemildred Jul 2016 #21
Turkey may have to be broken up just like Syria. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #22
They already have a civil insurrection going on. bemildred Jul 2016 #30
He is not secular and doesn't recognize "moderate islam" modem77 Jul 2016 #14
Take him out? oberliner Jul 2016 #23
Never start a land war in Asia lapislzi Jul 2016 #24
We don't resolve it, but we have to give real thought to suspending them from NATO... JCMach1 Jul 2016 #25
We who? malaise Jul 2016 #27
He is the legally chosen President of a Sovereign nation. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #28
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