June 25, 2013 (AE) - The international media's well coordinated about face on their previously lauded golden boy Erdogan was immediate, and very noticeable. This lead me to review the timeline of some critical events leading up to Erdogan's apparent fall from NATO's grace...
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
- 2013.5.11 Reyhanli Turkey Car Bombings (Syrian border, 51 killed, 140 injured, attempt is made to blame Syrian government, no proof) [1]
- 2013.5.16 Erdogan & Obama Meeting In Washington DC ('Assad must go', but another likely topic is, why didn't you take our Reyhanli "cue" and invade Syria?, ERDOGAN TAKES STAND OPPOSING CHEMICAL WEAPONS) [2]
- 2013.5.27 Turkey's Raid On Al Qaeda's Al Nusra Front Members In Adana Turkey (2 Kg of chemical weapon "Sarin Gas" seized, group has links to the Reyhanli Turkey Car Bombings of 2013.5.11) [3] [4]
- 2013.5.28 Turkey's Protests Against Erdogan Begin (Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park sit in, one day after raid on Al Nusra Front found Sarin Gas, 12 days after Erdogan's meeting with Obama) [5]
- 2013.6.6 Erdogan Claims "Foreign Agents" & "Foreign Conspiracy" Behind Turkey Riots (Facebook, Twitter & Spies; even Russia's media ridicules Erdogan for this claim [6], but it's the exact same CIA backed blueprint used for "Operation Arab Spring", The Revolution Business) [7]
- 2013.6.22 Turkey's EU Membership Talks Blocked By Germany & Netherlands (scheduled for 2013.6.26, postponed until 2013.10.x, excuse of "concerns over Turkey's handling of anti government protests") [8]
- 2013.6.23 Erdogan Again Claims "Foreign Agents" & "Foreign Conspiracy" Behind Turkey Riots (same game being played on Brazil, same symbols, same banners, same international media) [9]
The timeline of events above leads me to speculate the following...
Erdogan missed his NATO cue to intervene in Syria after the devastating Reyhanli bombings, he was then summoned to Washington DC to explain himself to Obama, then during his Washington statement Erdogan publicly rejects the use of chemical weapons in Syria, 11 days later Erdogan raids Al Nusra Front's cache of Sarin Gas at Adana Turkey, the following day protests begin in Turkey against Erdogan, this is clearly a threat, Erdogan even claims the protests are a "foreign conspiracy", the protests continue, now further punishment has been provided by Germany and the Netherlands to block Turkey's scheduled EU membership talks.
By saying this I am in no way supporting Erdogan, for he has made many great errors by participating in NATO's covert war on Syria, and therefore alienating his own people. This is inexcusable, and the actions within Syria amount to war crimes, however, it must be noted that Erdogan appears to have limits, and the timeline indicates that he refused to participate in a large Sarin Gas attack inside Syria, and instead seized those chemical weapons, and likely prevented an attack that would have been blamed on the Syrian government in order to trigger Obama's "Red Line", which has now been trigger by very dubious means.
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