Saturday, July 16, 2016

Turkish coup attempt


This was the most obviously staged coup, if I ever saw one.

1. A true coup aims at the head, killing or at least arresting the leader of the country as the first step. Real coups are not done while said head is off on vacation.
2. Apparently all Turkish media was cut off, yet Erdogan was able to reach all his supporters and call on them to flood the streets in opposition of the forces present.
3.  In a real coup the organizers want the sympathy and support of the crowds, they do not shoot people indiscriminately. It is obvious that whoever organized this, wanted the populace’s anger to turn feverishly against the participants of the apparent coup.
4.  When Erdogan arrived to the airport, he walked into the crowd fearlessly, like a superstar, as if he was sure that there was noone there who might aim at him to assassinate him, as people in a real coup would want to.

These conclusions are based on superficial observations.  But it is so blaringly obvious that even in-depth analysis could not possibly be able to produce different results.  Unfortunately, the Turkish people in the middle off it all could only experience partial segments of the events.  And even those who will now put together the pieces of the puzzle and see it for what it is, cannot do anything about it any more.   What is done is done, history marches ahead in a well designed direction. 

UPDATE:  Further proof for the correctness of my observation is the prompt purging of tens of thousands of people in Turkey, not only from the military, but teachers, educators, police officials, judges and prosecutors.  There is no way that so many people's cases cound be analyzed and decided upon so quickly.  It is very obvious that the lists were prepared way ahead of time and the scenario then played out, with the distinct goal of ridding the country of any opposition, so that all the essential positions now can be filled with the Leader's cronies and supporters. 

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