The continuing decline of the Erdogan regime in Turkey (by reputation if not power since Erdogan by hook or crook can still 'win' elections) raises some points. One, how comforting it is to see an Islamist state fail, sort of like in days gone by the satisfaction one took in watching a communist state sink - the joy here being that the idea promoted by the naive progressive mindset of something as intolerant and conformist as Islam being compatible with democracy is revealed to be the risible notion it is. Secondly, the question it raises, to wit: with yet another example of how Obama seems not to have a clue when it comes to all things foreign policy related [recall his big love for Erdogan] when exactly does the man lose all credibility on the world stage if he hasn't already - when does everybody simply stop listening to him as if he knows what the hell he's was talking about? And finally, as Rubin is quoted saying in the Jerusalem Post today regarding Turkey becoming more enemy than friend of the West, when does America start to rethink sensitive hi tech arms sales to the regime? Should we really be trusting Erdogan with F-35s or any other proprietary military tech? Doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense to me.
