Portland, OR โ On the surface, it would seem that Black Lives Matter and the militia groups that recently occupied a wildlife refuge in Oregon have very little in common. However, they are very much fighting the same struggle, and they have a common enemy.
The media and the political establishment would like to see these groups divided, because if they unify, they could make a strong and worthy opponent for the current control system.
The media coverage of the two anti-establishment groups has attempted to pit them against each other, using their difference in culture to hide the fact that they are facing the same oppressor. Luckily, it seems that many people within both of these groups are too smart to fall for such divisive tactics.
After police killed Oregon occupier Robert "LaVoy" Finicum earlier this month, there has been a push by his supporters for the department to release the name of the officer who was responsible. In response, legislators have proposed a bill that would shield the officer from having his identity released, which could have implications for other cases in the state.
Comment: So much for Erdogan's hysterical "Those damn dirty Syrian Kurds done it!" ranting and raving. (Not that it was believable in the slightest.) As for TAK, they seemingly came out of nowhere in 2004. No one seems to know who started the group. Which is curious, to say the least. Who pulls their strings?
In all probability, 'splinter group' is here code for 'intelligence outfit pretending to be the opponent', or 'pseudo-gangs' as the British counter-insurgency operatives called them. Whether or not the Turkish government was directly involved, the Ankara bombing was very probably a NATO operation.
It is simply far too convenient that 'terrorist attacks' are happening in Turkey at a time when the 'Mad Mullah' in charge there is exterminating Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iraq - for which he badly needs Western public support - and his direct involvement in funding and arming ISIS has been exposed to all the world by Russia.