Biden apologizes to Turkey’s Erdogan

[jakeXT]

SANLIURFA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not known as the kind of leader who readily admits mistakes, and Vice President Biden is well known for his capacity to make them.

So after Biden claimed that Erdogan had acknowledged fault in enabling the flow of foreign fighters across the Turkish border, it was inevitable that a firestorm would ensue.

Biden swiftly responded Saturday to a demand by Erdogan for an apology, saying he regretted the criticism of Turkey and also a suggestion that other U.S. allies had helped facilitate the rise of the extremist Islamic State group in Syria.

“The vice president apologized for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIL or other violent extremists in Syria,” the White House said in a statement, using an acronym for the Islamic State.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/biden-apologizes-to-turkeys-erdogan/2014/10/04/b3b5dc84-d97d-4381-ab7f-1754d495f84a_story.html

[PeoViejo]

1. Yeah, Right....

Biden tells an apologetic lie to cover up the truth.

[jakeXT]

2. He still had one interesting omission in his initial remarks, Qatar

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017218940

Analysts close to Turkey's ruling party claim that the unidentified flows represent a political endorsement from Turkey's friends in the Gulf States. Quoted in Al-Monitor, political scientist Mustafa Sahin boasted: "The secret of how Turkey avoided the 2008 global economic crisis is in these mystery funds. The West suspects that Middle East capital is entering Turkey without records, without being registered. Qatar and other Muslim countries have money in Turkey. These unrecorded funds came to Turkey because of their confidence in Erdogan and the Muslim features of the AKP and the signs of Turkey restoring its historic missions."

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-230914.html

[PeoViejo]

3. Turkey has an interesting policy regarding foreign funds.

As long as the funds are invested in Turkey, there are no questions asked regarding the source.