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The comparison to Turkey is indeed quite odd. What's even stranger is that American media persist in referring to a "failed coup attempt"; to the contrary, Erd
by cperciva 10y ago
The comparison to Turkey is indeed quite odd. What's even stranger is that American media persist in referring to a "failed coup attempt"; to the contrary, Erdoğan has completed a very successful coup d'état.
- toyg 10y agoTo be fair, Erdogan's was something of a "countercoup" (assuming, of course, that he didn't somehow prompt the initial attempt himself; which is possible, but unlikely). We absolutely agree that the result was the same as an outright coup.
- cperciva 10y agoErdogan's was something of a "countercoup" (assuming, of course, that he didn't somehow prompt the initial attempt himself; which is possible, but unlikely). Sure. But I'm a bit skeptical of the "initial coup", given that analysts at the time were saying things like "this is the most pathetically incompetent coup attempt I've ever seen"; I avoid using the word "countercoup" since it implies the conclusion that there was in fact a real coup attempt to which Erdoğan responded.
- jessaustin 10y ago"American media" consists mostly of the copying and pasting of press releases (sometimes called "anonymous leaks"), and Erdoğan is the only one left to release those. They won't have another narrative until someone in the "Deep State" decides he's next on the chopping block... probably shortly after Russia bribes him into blocking fossil fuel pipelines from Saudi to Europe.
- shard972 10y ago> What's even stranger is that American media persist in referring to a "failed coup attempt" The same media who is interpreting the term "fake news" being used against them means trump wants to destroy every single one of them and just have state run media. I know his twitter is popular but jeez, calm down a bit.