In Turkey, a somewhat hidden military dictatorship, the military must always be exalted, and never, ever criticized. Indeed, bowing and scraping is the order of the day. No one is being jailed in the US yet for military lese majeste, but hasn’t the traditional US militarism been stepped up a huge amount since the generals failed to protect the “homeland” on 9.11? Now, we are told, no one can question Gen. Petraeus or any other “commander in the field.” They must decide when and if to stop maiming and killing foreingers (funded through threatening to maim or kill Americans who … Continue reading Is the US Turkey?