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2016-07-18 The Grand Turk

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 An indication that this coup was a set-up from the beginning was the fact that no leader or circle of leadership emerged from the outset. Without a charismatic leader -- even if one has to be created -- the people will not rally to the rebels. If it was an inside job, it is quite likely our intelligence apparatchiks were out to lunch.

Posted by Voldemort Barnsmell8316 2016-07-18 07:35|| 2016-07-18 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 disclaimer: I've never successfully staged a coup in a medium-sized country

Seems to me, if your coup fails in a matter of hours, you are doing it wrong. A couple general rules:
1) get a lot of people on your side. The more the merrier
2) Snatch or whack Dear Leader and his closes minions
3) Take over the media.

The army has done this a couple of times to keep Turkey from turning into Yet Another Islamic Sh!t-hole. Those guys are purged so there is no organizational memory, but the young bloods have at least seen the plays run.

Personally, the whole thing smells a bit Reichstag-ish, what with the quick failure of the plot and the equally quick removal of judges in the aftermath, the fact a rebel F-16 could have engaged Erdy's plane.

And no, I don't think the US was involved. Kerry and his merry band of dwarves couldn't overthrow lunch, while the CIA is busy hunting Islamophobes.

"But it can't be a set-up!", you say. "What about all the dead people?", you ask. Stop thinking like a Westerner, I retort.

Posted by SteveS 2016-07-18 19:26|| 2016-07-18 19:26|| Front Page Top

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