Turkey's imprisonment of US pastor should be seen as act of war
Andrew Brunson, an American pastor living in Turkey, was jailed in an apparent act of hostility by Erdogan's regime towards the US, and they still won't release him:
This should practically be viewed as an act of war on the US as much as it is on Christianity. The US should start imposing serious sanctions against Turkey and Erdogan for this most offensive, inhumane act.
A fresh appeal to free U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, whose continued detention has sparked a diplomatic spat between Turkey and the United States, was rejected Wednesday.I'm sure he used it all as an excuse to take out his hatred against Americans. The charges sound so obviously trumped up too.
State television TRT reported the 2nd Penal Court in İzmir rejected the appeal on Aug. 15 and sent the defendant’s petition to an upper court. In the ruling it stipulated Brunson, who faces 35 years in jail over terror and espionage charges, will remain in detention.
Brunson, a native of North Carolina who had been preaching Christianity in Turkey for decades, was arrested back in 2016 under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s crackdown on dissidents following a failed military coup against him.
This should practically be viewed as an act of war on the US as much as it is on Christianity. The US should start imposing serious sanctions against Turkey and Erdogan for this most offensive, inhumane act.
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