ERDOGAN……. THE SULTAN AND THE
LITTLE VOICE IN HIS HEAD!
I have to wonder what
it is like, to stand in a crowd of my military Officer Peers as we listen to a
leader who strikes fear in the hearts of most of the people who we swore an
oath to protect.
Is Erdogan…..Egodan…. unbalanced?
Yes.
Do his military Commanders believe this?
Yes!
Are they afraid of even being mentioned as being opposed to
him?
Yes.
Are they willing to sit back and watch him destroy the
nation they love?
Now, that is the real question!
Would the Tsar love to see a coup or even the rumor of one?
Yes.
Would it bother the Tsar if he was implicated in such a
plot?
No.
The actions of Egodan have been “monitored” for over a
decade now.
From the moment he came into power, people looked on in wonder!
From that day the West realized he was not going to support
the attack on Saddam.
The “would be” Sultan has always felt the Europeans look
down their Anglo noses at the Ottomans and frankly, there is some history supporting
that perception. Turkey’s challenges with trying to enter the Boys Club called
the EU has been a point of contention with the Turks for over twenty years.
When oil and gas became the issue for a post-Soviet East
Europe, Tukey believed they finally had their club card for EU entrance. Wrong!
Access denied!
Egodan came to power not unlike most radicals, on the wave
of “we are sick of it” public sentiment.
But, he did his homework. He knew if the Turkish military leadership
began to believe his vision of Turkey’s future put the nation at risk, then
they would do what they had sworn an oath to do……save the country from dangerous
leadership. His actions spoke volumes to the Western “Partners”. Finding a coup
plot and then tossing everyone into the conspiracy list was not that hard to do
in Turkey. Find a few and blame the many! That is what his plan was and that is
what he did.
Now in 2016, he finds his friend’s list growing smaller and
smaller. Yes he has some relationship with the GCC, but that is a matter of convenience,
not a common core value of governance. Go back and review the history of the
region and come to a conclusion on the topic of Ottoman and Arab relationships
and then for the fun of it, toss in the Persians!
How has the “would be” Sultan taken this shrinking friend’s
list? Well, like most irrational, ill-tempered people would. He got even
madder!
Imagine you are a Major slice of NATO and when you show up
in the US capital, the US President delibertly can’t find time to meet with
you?
Does the Sultan pick up the phone and have a conversation
about how it’s a misunderstanding and he would really like to meet?
No.
Instead he makes a spectacle of himself by having his
security detail shout down and shove “protestors”, people I am sure he believes
were set up by his arch nemesis Gulen! By the way, what about charges on these
body guards? If Trumps people can be charged for pulling someone away from the
danger zone around Trump, how about these guys, or was the whole Trump issue a
setup? Just a thought!
I could go on and on about the daily adventures of Egodan,
but let me cut to the chase.
As he stood in front of the TSK, the future leaders of the
military that might rise up against him, did he try to inspire them?
No.
Did he make an attempt to explain to them why Turkey seemed
to so isolated; isolated from close friends and Allies?
No.
What he did was threaten them!
‘There can be ONLY one Sultan!!!! And I am it’!!!!
What made him take such an irrational approach to this years
speech to the TSK?
Well, I have two answers that most likely go hand in hand.
1.
He is a completely irrational person!
2.
Perhaps that little voice he hears in his head
is telling him there is another Coup cooking?
