Indeed

Submitted by MFranklin (United States), Feb 5, 2013 at 10:30

With inane conspiracy theories flying back and forth, the population gets confused, public life is degraded, and the portents for Turkey look dim.

I was taken by Turkish suggestions that Syria should somehow retaliate against Israel. It was self-defeating, contrary to what one would expect from a NATO nation and entirely without an ounce of diplomatic discretion.

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