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Ottoman Fantasies

By Kate on June 6, 2011 3:18 PM | 4 Comments

Michael Totten asks Claire Berlinski; "What is going on with the Turkish government?"

They are zealots, perhaps, but not quite in the way their critics are imagining. They’re zealots of delusional optimism and overconfidence. They have sincerely convinced themselves that they will be able to befriend Iran, dissuade it from going nuclear, and profit greatly from this relationship in the process. They refuse to entertain the idea that the Iranians view them as useful idiots.

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WhiskeyJim | June 6, 2011 4:35 PM | Reply

Totten understates the issue.

Even back in 2007, David Warren of the Ottawa Citizen had it right:

http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?id=760

Turkey has seen the western high water mark. It is down hill from here. As usual, his prose is perfect.

sasquatch | June 6, 2011 5:50 PM | Reply

Yeah I can't but agree with Warren....
Turkey was only superficially securlar...it was the no nonsense army that was secular and the guarantor of secular democracy.
The current Turkish regime recognized this and ammended the constitution to emasculate the military to give themselves a free hand...free from the prospect of military intervention.
IMHO the current Iranian regime resembles the Parthians of the past...treacherous back-stabbers.

OMMAG | June 6, 2011 10:51 PM | Reply

Lie down with dogs ......

Revnant Dream | June 7, 2011 5:52 PM | Reply

They yearn for a New Turkish Ottomen Empire.
In the end they will lose it all.

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