Yes, while I blush to admit it, I knew Erdogan was going to be the odd man out, and I said so at least six weeks ago.
Here's the Chicago Sun-Times fulminating about how Erdogan has stabbed the Nations of Virtue in the back with his endorsement of Hamas in Gaza.
Nevermind how the Nations of Virtue have stabbed Erdogan in the back by letting him take the heat for their failed Syria adventure.
Arming and housing and financing the Syria "rebels" wasn't an idea that sprung fully-formed from the minds of Erdogan and his cabinet. Assad was for many years a trusted ally of the Turkish state. You can bet it took a lot of arm-twisting and cajoling to get the Turks to see the error of their ways.
But now that it has become overwhelmingly obvious that Assad isn't following the NATO script, we can blame our failure on Erdogan?
And of course we want to castigate the Erdogan regime for not falling into line with the usual "Israel has the right to defend itself" red herring that has the Nations of Virtue desperately covering their virtuous parts this past week.
Once you wrap your mind around the concept that the Guardian put out this week, namely that the Palestinians have that right too, the claim on virtue that has traditionally been claimed by the Nations of Virtue begins to look a bit grubby.
Expect this Chicago Sun-Times salvo to be just the opening shot in a barrage of dark stories designed to diminish Turkey and the Erdogan government.
If you step back a pace or two and ponder the big picture for a few moments, you will realize that Erdogan is on the right side of history and it is the Nations of Virtue who are in the dark.
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