New Ottoman Emperor Rejects Obama’s Strategy
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i...7932719be9baaaPresident Obama?s best friend in Turkey is surrounding himself with guards dressed like the 15th century Turkish soldiers who captured Byzantium, the Roman Empire?s last capital city. The garish display of imperial grandiosity was staged Jan. 12 by President Tayyip Erdogan, the recently re-elected president of Turkey, as he welcomed Arab strongman Mahmoud Abbas to Turkey?s new imperial palace. Erdogan descended a staircase toward cameras, while flanked by guards dressed in military costumes of the Turkish military, dating back to 1299.




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