18-07-2016, 10:58 PM
Erdogan and Sybel want to blame the CIA for the "coup", but I just don't see this as a covert act of a formidable (some people say "all powerful") state intelligence agency, especially the CIA, that has (to the US's considerable shame) a string of successful coups to their credit. If the CIA can topple governments seemingly at will, how can you then assert that, in this case, they didn't have the foresight or the ability to a) find a single pilot that would pull the trigger on Erdogan's plane, b) shut off international communications, c) equip riot gear, water cannons, or tear gas, d) find troops that would hold a bridge or an airport, e) secure some sort of international recognition of the new government (instead of a US pledge of support for the old government), or f) do really anything at all in a competent manner?
Sorry, this isn't a covert act of the US government. It may be designed to appear superficially to look like one, but the complete and utter failure of the "coup" to really accomplish anything at all (besides justify a purge of certain military officers and their men) or mount a credible threat of any kind, leads only to one reasonable conclusion: It was pure theater. Remember the Reichstag?
Sorry, this isn't a covert act of the US government. It may be designed to appear superficially to look like one, but the complete and utter failure of the "coup" to really accomplish anything at all (besides justify a purge of certain military officers and their men) or mount a credible threat of any kind, leads only to one reasonable conclusion: It was pure theater. Remember the Reichstag?
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."