Showing posts with label Incirlik Air Base. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incirlik Air Base. Show all posts

Monday, August 1, 2016

What are the top news stories in America as Erdogan seizes 90 nuclear warheads at Incirlik?

I've done my morning review of the mainstream news. The two stories vying for top headline news status are, in no particular order;

- Is Donald Trump insensitive? Has he finally gone too far in hurting the feelings of the Khan family?

- Is Hillary dishonest? Were her Sunday media interviews an exercise in creative bullshitting?

Yes, those are the stories the American public must grapple with today.

Meanwhile, in the real world, the wily Erdogan has for all practical purposes had a lock on some unknown number of US nukes since July 15. Oddly enough, a number of fighter aircraft involved in the short-lived coup attempt on that date flew in and out of Incirlik that night.

Coincidence?

And let's not forget that Erdogan, and Erdogan alone, decides how many Syrian refugees will walk to the EU this year.

Seems to me that should be a way bigger story than Trump's insensitivity or Clinton's dishonesty.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

US troops trash Turkish mosque

What's the big deal? Sounds like a few good ole boys letting off a bit of steam on New Years Eve.

Seems the locals are in a bit of a flap though. The mosque is at the US/NATO air base at Incirlik, where thousands of American servicemen have been keeping the free world free since the 1950's.

It's also the home base of the Syrian Free Army. Those are the "good" Syrian rebels outfitted and trained by the Nations of Virtue. The "bad" rebels are Jabhat al-Nusra and their Al-Qaeda affiliated allies who are doing most of the actual fighting against Assad.

This incident underlines yet again the inability of the Americans to build constructive relationships within the Islamic world. How many of the "good" rebels will now be more inclined to align themselves with the so-called terrorist rebels?