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Trump: Sending cleric to Turkey ‘not under consideration'
2018-11-18
WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ President Donald Trump says extraditing a Turkish-born Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for engineering a 2016 military coup attempt is "not under consideration."

Fethullah Gulen (FEH’-too-lah goo-LEN’) has lived for nearly 20 years in self-exile at an Islamic retreat in the Pocono Mountains. He denies the allegations made by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn). The U.S. has told Turkey it must present convincing evidence for any extradition proceeding to go forward.

Trump tells reporters that "we are always looking at whatever we can do for Turkey," and he says the U.S. is "having a very good moment" with Turkey following Turkey’s recent release of a detained American pastor.

Trump is praising Erdogan as "a strong man," ″a tough man" and "a smart man."
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  *SIGH* These people seem to have a problem distinguishing between "feasibility studies" and "organizing to implement plans". One is a gedankenexperiment, German for "thought experiment" and the other is the Last stage before giving the troops the "Ready!Set!Go!" order.
...Or maybe they don't and are just fabulists stirring up crap for personal gain.
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-18 18:45  

#2  So, yesterday's postings were another round of FAKE NEWS from our Legacy Infortainment Enterprises?

There appears to be no remission from the "telling of stories they think want to be heard"

Compulsive vs. Pathological Liars
Out-of-control lying is known as compulsive or pathological lying. Definitions are fluid, experts say.

Compulsive liars have a need to embellish and exaggerate, says Paul Ekman, PhD, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California in San Francisco and the author of Telling Lies, among other books. "They tell the stories they think want to be heard," he says. When you ask a compulsive liar for an opinion on an important issue, says Dr. Ekman, they’re likely to say something like this: "You know, you made a really wise choice in asking my opinion. Many people do. I've actually been asked by the governor of California to comment on this."
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-18 05:55  

#1  So, yesterday's postings were another round of FAKE NEWS from our Legacy Infortainment Enterprises?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-11-18 05:38  

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