Dude.. Sorry Ambassador Dude, ya just couldn’t do it! Ya just couldn’t give a July 4th speech without going off the reservation and bringing attention to yourself knowing full well people are gonna point to the fact you’re an Obama holdover… Time to update that resume – PB/TK
Did our Ambassador to Turkey slam the U.S. fight against terror? – By Jazz Shaw / July 11 2017
In any earlier, more “normal” era this probably wouldn’t be a very big deal, but anything having to do with Turkey is excessively complicated these days. Adam Kredo at the Free Beacon picked up an interesting bit of news out of Istanbul which actually took place last week during the 4th of July celebrations. Our Ambassador to Turkey, John Bass, was delivering some remarks during the embassy’s Independence Day celebration and decided to veer off into international politics, urging the Turks not to use “overly broad” definitions of terrorism or “rush to judgement” against specific demographic groups when battling terrorists. That probably wouldn’t have been too controversial if he hadn’t included the phrase, “making the mistakes the U.S. has made” on that score, along with other, similar critiques of American policy.
Ouch
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass criticized the American fight against terrorism during a July Fourth celebration hosted by the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, claiming that an “overly broad” definition of terrorism has hampered U.S. efforts to combat extremists and eroded international confidence in America.
Bass, a career foreign service officer who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2014, urged Turkey to “avoid making the mistakes the U.S. made” in its fight against radical terrorists, telling those in attendance at an Independence Day reception “that rushing to justice or making an overly broad definition of terrorism can erode fundamental freedoms and undermine public confidence in government.”
Continue to hotair.com article: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/07/11/ambassador-turkey-slam-u-s-fight-terror/
