I just remembered the DOD ordered all US military dependents to leave Turkey back in March: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/mili ... /82377984/Pawpaw wrote:Do you realize you're asking this about a president who never once met with his Defense Intelligence Chief?Daisy Cutter wrote:What I'm wondering is, how is it possible that BO can be blindsided by this. Turkey is a NATO ally, has allied air base there, is crawling with CIA and other intel/ mil operatives, and NSA is vacuuming up all traffic in the area. For them to roll tanks and fly aircraft on short notice there must have been a lot of chatter.
Of course, just because our military was on the ball doesn't mean the POSTUS could be bothered with it.