After 10,000 Arrested, it’s Time for the US to End Backing for Islamist Regime
After 10,000 Arrested, it’s Time for the US to End Backing for Islamist Regime, Front Page Magazine, Daniel Greenfield, July 22, 2016
It’s funny how the media was far more outraged by the supposed attempt by the Turkish military to restore the republic than by the Islamist tyrant’s escalating crackdown which has now seen 10,000 arrested. That’s war crime level detentions. If the Turkish military had done this, they would be screaming their heads off. Yet 10,000 arrests by Islamists, just like the Muslim Brotherhood’s torture and abuses in Egypt, get a pass.
And that has to change.
Turkey is swiftly turning into an actual totalitarian regime with no holds barred.
Turkey entered its second day under a state of emergency as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled that the three-month period approved by parliament may not be enough to complete a purge of those responsible for last week’s failed coup.
Erdogan told Reuters that there’s no obstacle to extending emergency rule, which took effect at 1 a.m. on Thursday and was later endorsed by parliament. It allows the government to issue decrees with the force of law, and detain suspects for longer periods without trial.
And then the emergency rule will just be made permanent and Erdogan will declare himself a sultan. All of this is happening with the complicity of the US and the EU. And I don’t just mean the radical left.
Too few, even Republicans, were willing to come out against the Arab Spring or to back the Egyptian military’s restoration of the government. That’s why Trump’s mention of it in his acceptance speech was important. We should have backed the Turkish military to the hilt. And by “us” I don’t mean Obama, who has never met an Islamist Jihadist he didn’t love, but Republicans and conservatives.
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WarSclerotic 
July 23, 2016 at 12:12 AM
We are witnessing the re-rise of the old Ottoman Empire..,the Caliphate; that wounded in the head “beast”.
Believe it or not, history is repeating itself and we’re about to encounter the worst of humanity in action.
Stock up, load up and prepare. It’s gonna get really sporty around here!
July 23, 2016 at 1:03 AM
Al eyes are on Trump, support him where ever it is possible, with full effort !
The world will be grateful after a while , yeah i know , it will take a couple of years to clean up the mess .
July 23, 2016 at 6:56 AM
I’m afraid that Mr Trump will not be able to move to the WH – I fear that the elections will be manipulated or Mr Trump murdered ( remember Mr Scalia…) or even a coup d’etat by the present illegal president and his gang / those pulling their strings…
July 23, 2016 at 7:00 AM
So you expect the illegal muslim US president to fight the muslim ruler of Turkey……..?
July 24, 2016 at 12:19 AM
I would not doubt if this creep from Turkey planned this coup de etat to have the current outcome.He will rule now as a tyrant and the Turks will live to regret their support for this upcoming Ayatolla.