Condoleezza Rice quietly supported Prime Minister Erdogan’s efforts to roll back secularism in Turkey such as, most recently, lifting the ban on head coverings such as the Saudi-style veil in public institutions. Now that Erdogan is cracking down on independent press and girls deemed insufficiently Islamic in their dress are being sprayed with acid, it would be nice to see Rice stand up for principle and recognize her Turkey experiment has gone awry. Ross Wilson, the U.S. ambassador in Ankara is, as always, silent.