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Curiously the description of the West cheering on the non-democratic results reminded me of Shah-era Iran, that turned out swimmingly.
by Steko 10y ago
Curiously the description of the West cheering on the non-democratic results reminded me of Shah-era Iran, that turned out swimmingly.
- kpil 10y agoI guess we have to wait and see if this goes pear shaped. There have not exactly been rejoicing in European media. Not sure if that is a good sign, but I take it as there is little propaganda going on, so this might have been planned primarily by internal forces.
- vidarh 10y agoThe difference in Turkey has generally been that the military has been very clear about not holding on to power for very long. There's still every reason to be vary, but so far, for a military that has carried out multiple coups Turkey's military has demonstrated an unusual degree of commitment to voluntarily return the country to civilian rule.