{"id":1855,"date":"2021-07-31T13:03:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2021-07-31T13:03:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:03:37","slug":"boltons-thanksgiving-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2021\/07\/31\/boltons-thanksgiving-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton\u2019s Thanksgiving wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insanity: Def \u2013 doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u2018Stache is up to his old tricks again. This time he wants a Thanksgiving turkey, as in regime change in Turkey. John Bolton, America\u2019s favorite neocon, has decided Turkey doesn\u2019t have enough democracy, so he has put together a little project to help Erdo\u011fan see the errors of his ways and play nice with NATO. There is the Middle East to subdue, more mercenaries to train and well, NATO has to be united and strong to be able to go up against China and Russia. Oh, and let\u2019s not forget Iran. Turkey must be on board, like fully<\/em> on board. But The Sultan has other plans, it seems. To help things along, then, we have the latest in regime change projects: The Turkish Democracy Project. We can be certain the Turks will be most appreciative for \u2018Big Mo\u2019 Bolton\u2019s help.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton recently sent out a tweet hailing his new project<\/a><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s time to sound the alarm on #Turkey. Under an authoritarian leader, a once-reliable NATO ally is turning its back on democracy and embracing #Russia. I’m pleased to join the @turkish_project advisory council to shine a light on the darkening situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a quick look at the TDM (Turkish Democracy Project) staff<\/a><\/span>. Its Executive Director, Madeleine Joelson, has a Master\u2019s in English literature and a BA in government. She\u2019ll be managing and planning all the programs. We wonder if she speaks Turkish. She is working on her PhD in English lit. She is currently on the faculty of English at Princeton University.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the founders is one Aykan Erdemir, who has reputed ties to FETO<\/a><\/span>, the Fetullah Gulen group, who was said to be behind the 2016 coup attempt on Erdo\u011fan. Erdemir is currently on the run from the Sultan, having had all his assets seized after fleeing Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the Board of Advisors for the TDM, we have the man Bolton himself, along with an ex-CIA deputy director, a member of the CFR, an Italian ex-Foreign Minister, Joe Lieberman, Jeb Bush and Iran hawk Mark D. Wallace as CEO, among other members. All of them are American except for the one Italian, and as far as I know, none of them cite any specialization in Turkish culture, affairs or policy. So far, so good.<\/span><\/p>\n

The American government has such a love of democracy that it has brought said democracy to any nation that opposes Washington\u2019s views and policies. But it also shares that love with a number of autocratic regimes across the world<\/a><\/span>. In point of fact, the US has no problem with autocratic regimes so long as they toe the American policy line and moreover help to spread democracy worldwide. So, why does Turkey need more democracy? The charges laid against Erdo\u011fon by the West, from the TDP site are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

President Erdogan\u2019s Turkey has threatened its regional neighbors, supported extremist groups, deployed men and material in support of conflicts ranging from the Middle East to Europe, persecuted ethnic minorities, destroyed the free press, jailed and killed political opponents, eroded democratic institutions, and spread corruption throughout Turkey\u2019s institutions. At the same time, the Turkish economy has seen a severe economic downturn as a result of Erdogan\u2019s policies. As rule of law is degraded and corruption runs rampant, Erdogan and his oligarchs continue to amass wealth and power. In 2020, Freedom House officially declared Turkey \u201cnot free.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement is basically true. There is no denying Turkey has taken a decidedly autocratic turn under Erdo\u011fon, even though the statement made by the TDP is a bit of pot and kettle double \u2013speak.Here is a basic roundup of the situation<\/a><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey had long served as the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a key outpost for U.S. operations in the Middle East. The Turkish military purchased $16.6 billion in American weapons from the end of the Cold War to 2021, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\u00a0arms trade database<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the Erdo\u011fan government has run afoul of Washington in recent years. It has picked fi<\/span>ghts with European allies over\u00a0<\/span>energy resources<\/a><\/span>, bought Russian missiles<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken a hardline\u00a0<\/span>stance against Israel<\/a><\/span>, and allowed U.S. rivals to evade\u00a0<\/span>economic sanctions<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most dramatic confrontation took place in October 2019. While the Trump administration had\u00a0hoped to enlist<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Turkey as a\u00a0partner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the Syrian civil war, Turkey instead attacked U.S.-backed Kurdish forces, creating a\u00a0humanitarian crisis<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and embarrassing the United States<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emphasis added. The Washington establishment can overlook a lot of things so long as a nation stands shoulder to shoulder with them in a conflict, but to actually embarrass<\/em> them? \u2013 well, that\u2019s a red line. The Turkish attack against the Kurds appears to have been the final straw. Now, Erdo\u011fan either has to go or he has to be shown the error of his ways. And \u2018Stash Man is just the one to bring the Sultan to heel, or so he thinks. And that brings us to Turkey\u2019s and Erdo\u011fan\u2019s charts.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a blog on this site from two years ago<\/a><\/span>, we looked forward for Turkey as to transits and directions and saw that there would be no significant changes to Turkey\u2019s government, aside from elections, until at least 2025. That basically rules out regime change for Turkey. That alone tells us that Bolton\u2019s pet project is not likely to go very far. In fact, if he tries to push it forward, it actually may backfire and rally the Turks around the Sultan.<\/span><\/p>\n

All that being said, in March of next year, an interesting set of astrological indicators presents itself. The chart is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We find transiting Saturn opposite Turkey\u2019s Neptune, the latter ruling the 10th<\/sup> house (sitting government) and squaring the natal Jupiter and Venus conjunction. In addition, directed Saturn is to Turkey\u2019s Ceres \u2013 a difficult decision to be made and a turning point in national destiny \u2013 activated by a Mars transit on 12 Mar 2022. However, transiting Jupiter is on the Turkish MC in the days preceding and exact on the 12th<\/sup>. That is not a setup for regime change, but instead a recognition of realities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elections in Turkey will not be held until 18 Jun 2023<\/a><\/span>. So, the transits and directions for Turkey show something other than an election result. We note in that chart the Saturn transit is taking place in the nation\u2019s 9th<\/sup> house, indicating a change in foreign relations or perhaps constitutional matters. However, the direction of Saturn is in the 8th<\/sup> house, which involves foreign banking. There has been quite a lot of speculation as to which way Erdo\u011fan will turn, as in to the East or staying with the West. If he turns East then that will probably mean turning away from the SWIFT system to a degree.\u00a0 Big Mo\u2019 and Uncle Joe will definitely be unhappy then. What is happening with Erdo\u011fan\u2019s chart at that time?<\/span><\/p>\n

Erdo\u011fan\u2019s chart with transits and directions for 12 Mar 2022 is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Erdo\u011fan, for all his faults, is a survivor politically. That shows in his transits and directions for next year. That said, it is questionable which would be better regarding the TDP — to leave Erdogan in place or to topple him and replace him with a NATO yes-man. The natal Vertex\/Pluto conjunction, which gives him his great insight politically, is activated by a Jupiter transit. In turn his directed vertex is aspected to his natal Jupiter. He has decisions to make, for certain, shown by the transit of Uranus opposite his Saturn. But transiting Jupiter is also sextile his Ascendant and making a square to his natal Saturn. His confidence will be riding high, perhaps a little too high, though with the Saturn\/MC midpoint to his Ascendant reality is being forced upon him. One of the indications for that direction is , \u201csuffering from others, being placed in unfortunate circumstances\u201d. That would be the US administration at the moment and Bolton\u2019s little regime change club. He will survive it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following year at the election he will have the directed Saturn\/MC midpoint to his Uranus: \u201cEmotional excitability, the desire to attain one’s objectives at all costs<\/strong>. Making the greatest efforts<\/strong>. – A sudden emotional or occupational crisis, an emotional shock, mourning and bereavement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The US wants the Sultan to stay in Afghanistan<\/span><\/a> to watch over the airport in Kabul, keeping a NATO force there. Erdo\u011fan is all for it, \u2018provided conditions are met\u2019. If the Taliban and the other neighboring states have any say in the matter \u2013 and they do \u2013 that project is D.O.A. It would be logistically impossible to maintain with the US gone from Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, there is the worsening situation in Syria, where there is growing opposition to occupation and increasing attacks against foreign troops. Erdo\u011fan has his plate full and serious concerns to address. With elections in a couple of years he will be turning his eye to campaigning. We will see if the Mars transit across Turkey\u2019s IC brings any protests with it. If not, the Bolton and Co. have not really started their work yet. A guess would be they are building funding there in Turkey and ramping up the rhetoric on RFE\/RL<\/a><\/span> and attempting to do so via social media. But Turkey has been pushing out the Western NGOs<\/a><\/span> since March of 2017, making it harder for the other NATO powers to fund opposition groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the transits and directions indicated it would come as no surprise at all if Turkey were to begin alternative payment methods, given the directions to the financial and foreign axes of Turkey\u2019s chart (8th<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup> houses). And with directed Uranus having been on the Sultan\u2019s IC this year, he has had it in his mind, for certain. Security interests have been front and center. Perhaps another batch of the Russian S-400 air defences are in the works.<\/span><\/p>\n

These next two years will be critical for Turkey. Changes, and big ones, are \u2018in the stars\u2019 and for anyone who studies Turkey. What it is not looking good for, though, is the Turkish Democracy Project. Big John will not be getting his Thanksgiving Turkey by the look of things.<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured pic from Facts of Turkey<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Insanity: Def \u2013 doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The \u2018Stache is up to his old tricks again. This time he wants a Thanksgiving turkey, as in regime change in Turkey. John Bolton, America\u2019s favorite neocon, has decided Turkey doesn\u2019t have enough democracy, so he has put together … <\/p>\n

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