On-Going Military Coup in Turkey

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Could there be a relationship with the recent diplomatic turnabouts with respect to Russia and Syria?

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Surely I'm not the only one troubled by Kerry's initial statement, in particular the lack of even a token mention of how democracy and the constitutional order of a country such as this should be respected?

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http://twitter.com/APDiploWriter/status/754090287115345920/photo/1

White House statement on Turkish coup.

Still suspiciously late. As if they know the jig is up.

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People who were cheering the coup attempt when it was ongoing should shut up and not bemoan any possible blowback now that it failed.

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People who were cheering the coup attempt when it was ongoing should shut up and not bemoan any possible blowback now that it failed.

Why?

Because they should have been smart enough to know ahead of time that what happened now would be a likely outcome. Anyone who is worried about the democratic state of Turkey should condemn the coup attempt wholeheartedly (as the opposition parties did) and not just cynically after the fact because it has strengthened Erdoğan now.