While watching a Democracy Now segment on the suicide bombings in Ankara, Turkey, it occurred to me how I, like other observers, sit by and watch humanity fuck itself.  There are doers and commentators.  The field has players, the booth has those remarking upon the action, describing, analyzing it.  The people who blew themselves up at a peace rally in Turkey's capitol were probably inspired to do so by others who don't want peace with the Kurds.  The Turkish government's position on the Kurds has been horrendous for a very long time.  The Turks, a U.S. ally, make war on a U.S. ally, the PKK, Kurdish fighters formerly on the Americans' practitioners of terror list.
     Is it a coincidence that the Ankara bombings happened during a cease fire period with the Kurds?  Is it unreasonable to suggest that some Turkish authorities may have had something to do with the suicide bombings?  Was the 2004 assassination of Benazir Bhutto the act of a "lone nut" unaffiliated with Pakistani government officials who wanted her dead?
     I ask these questions not to seem like that dreaded American menace, the conspiracy theorist, but to point out how certain events sometimes fall into accord with the desires of certain political and military officials.  In the case of Turkey, a NATO member hosting a U.S. air base from where American warplanes attack ISIS targets and personnel, shall we not wonder what the American government's position is on suicide bombings so obviously meant to disrupt an attempt at a peace process between Turks and Kurds, both U.S. allies?
     The Obama administration seems to be trying to set a balance between enemies and allies for the sake of maintaining a usable and acceptable level of chaos in the Middle East.  Obama's support of the Saudi Arabian-led coalition wrecking Yemen and decimating its people is balanced somewhat by some of those coalition members helping the U.S. bomb ISIS targets.  The U.S. supports the Kurds' fight against ISIS, but lets the Turks bomb the Kurds.  Frankly, if I was president, in charge of these shenanigans, I would just admit, to myself at least, that I've embraced evil, because evil has its uses in geopolitics, and every president eventually realizes this.
     The suicide bombers in Ankara, like most if not all suicide bombers, believed in their mission.  They were doers, trying to make a difference, although their actions were familiar: murdering innocent people is older behavior than the historical record.  God protect us from believers.
     If Turkish government authorities were behind the bombings, the purpose, apart from disrupting the peace process with the Kurds, is probably to institute a police crackdown on dissent.  National emergency, increased security, and boost the defense budget.  It can happen in any country, and has, many times.

                                                                            Vic Neptune