Comment Re:First they came for... (Score 0) 228
what have you "won" exactly?
You "win" Turkish citizens annoyed with their government -- a win in the only venue likely to be able to create change there.
i stopped reading there
how did that work with cuba? iran? north korea? china?
what you're asking for is massacred citizens
iran for example
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...
no matter how many intelligent, forward thinking students you have agitating in the cities, the government just calls up busloads of basiji thugs from the countryside and cracks skulls until change seekers shut up in fear. or worse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
slow stead engagement is what really works
reactionary inflexibility simply means no change at all
welcome to reality
this is you:
http://www.politico.com/story/...
pragmatism, flexibility, realism, compromise always wins
inflexible ideological dogmatism is how you lose and are ignored