5/18/2017 4 Comments Turkish embassy attackJust the other day the Turkish prime minister had made a visit to the U.S. During the visit there were some peaceful protests going on near the Turkish embassy. While the protesters were protesting, the many security guards had attacked and beaten many of the protesters in a decently large fight that caused many of the police nearby to have to intervene and split up the fight.
I'm not a big fan of expelling ambassadors in general, but ambassadors have been expelled for less serious breaches of diplomacy, if the assailants are proven to be embassy staff. The 1961 Vienna Treaty on Diplomatic Relations, which codifies concepts such as diplomatic immunity and the inviolability of embassies Article 9 states; "The receiving state may at any time and without having to explain its decision, notify the sending state that the head of the mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the staff of the mission is not acceptable. In any such case, the sending state shall, as appropriate, either recall the person concerned or terminate his functions with the mission." as with almost everything else in government these days, there will huffing and puffing, there will be grandstanding, there will be "outrage", there will be "determined" politicians demanding and declaring that something will be done. This will drag on for a short while...and then the "investigation" will be dragged out indefinitely, to the point that no one can even give a shit anymore, because a new fucked up thing will have happened to take our minds off of this. There was even a very well made video of the entire thing that was caught on camera. Watching it this is really shocking to watch. Clearly there was a group of men, mostly in suits, who were viciously going after certain protesters. This one man who was holding a bullhorn was absolutely rocked with front kicks to his face from several mean in suits. That type of hit could easily cause brain damage or serious neck injury. If this was in fact orchestrated or sanctioned by anyone associated with the Turkish Embassy, it's a gross breach of trust and diplomacy. SOURCE
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Jose Cortez
5/19/2017 10:26:12 pm
Hey Martin, I think that the events that took place in that protest are disgusting and a disgrace to our country. This attack on the American people cannot go unanswered, our government must respond to it with firm actions. If I recall correctly our president has promised to put the American people first so I expect some form of retribution soon.
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Christian Martinez
5/19/2017 10:29:23 pm
I agree Jose. I find it odd that no official statement has come out against the actions of the Turkish bodyguards. It was american citizens being assaulted on american soil. Very odd to have no presidential response but I guess there has been many news stories surrounding the white house so maybe it is coming down the pipeline as we speak.
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Jose Cortez
5/19/2017 10:32:44 pm
Yes, this has been a very busy news week but, I doubt any other story is bigger than having a foreign attack on our soil. I think the response should have been immediate otherwise we end up looking weak on the global stage.
Cammron Keehley
5/23/2017 09:42:21 pm
Hey Martin,
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