tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post5675165576148533..comments2024-03-11T06:48:32.094-05:00Comments on Alternate History Weekly Update: Sultan Erdogan, Or A Better Arab SpringMitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post-11949684873913812202018-01-23T06:54:35.602-06:002018-01-23T06:54:35.602-06:00Didn't see your reply until now. I know he'...Didn't see your reply until now. I know he's about to go to war against the Kurds in Syria (that jackass), but I wasn't aware of him saber-rattling against anybody else.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post-39343884819080354552016-06-09T01:25:35.994-05:002016-06-09T01:25:35.994-05:00There are some causes and effects I'm not sure...There are some causes and effects I'm not sure are well-supported in there, but I wouldn't write off the Arab Spring. The French Revolution was a whole lot darker and more destructive. What the Arab Spring broke can't be unbroken, and in time the situation will improve.<br /><br />Erdogan has actually crippled Turkey's power, by dumping the early Zero Problems with Neighbors policy and exchanging it for Declare War on All Neighbors. If he had simply stayed totally neutral in all these conflicts, he would have been perfectly positioned to broker peace throughout the region - and Syria was well on the way to becoming an economic satellite of Turkey - but being the sociopath he is, he felt personally insulted by Assad and so he allowed the rise of ISIS out of petty spite.<br />John Picconehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221519115281262241noreply@blogger.com