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2003-02-20 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-02-20 10:06 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Steve,
From your comments I see you are not very familiar with Turkish politics or army. The army or generals as you wish have not the political power that you assume they have. I have two relatives who are general in rank, unless when there are special "wartime" provisions in times when politics are paralized which requires a military takeover of parliamentary decisions are in act, they have no more political influence than I as civilian have. Ofcourse we could argue the whole military establishment who have undoubtably more leverage in political decisions than an individual, but let say the army in Turkey has not more political leverage in Turkey than the US army has in the US.

Posted by Murat 2003-02-20 09:42:09|| 2003-02-20 09:42:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Murat - you protest too much. American generals have never presided over regime change. Nor has an American general ever declared the the army is the guardian of the secular state.

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-20 11:15:58|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-20 11:15:58|| Front Page Top

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