I think RTE must have been given a copy of Thatcher's biography as a bayram present.
The events of the past few weeks (sort of) mirror the run up to the UK invasion of the Falkland islands, with a good few political commentators suggesting that the military action is a pretext to allow for a snap election to be called for - in the hope that the AKP will get a majority off the back of them being seen to be "protecting" Turkey.
He's playing a dangerous game and risking a return to the situation Turkey was in during the eighties, when the PKK carried out bombings etc all over Turkey. You factor in the various nut jobs who, under the banner of IS, suddenly see the hand that fed them now giving them a punch in the mouth - who knows what they will do.
You can just imagine the nightmare scenario, two suicide bombers (one each from PKK and IS) having a square go outside a Polis station over who gets to vapourise themselves.
Hopefully, NATO may come up with a better solution then the current course the Turkish government is pursuing.
JF
