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DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
7. If in doubt blame the West. Always blame the West. Always.
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 07:09 AM
Jun 2016

Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease elaborate why the West would possibly want Erdogan to be in power in Turkey.

Is it because he is easily insulted and hot-headed?
Is it because he craves power?
Is it because he doesn't like democratic elections and keeps redoing them until the result is to his liking?
Is it because he is a nationalist who wants to make Turkey a regional power-player in the Middle-East?
Is it because he spits on western values like freedom of speech and a free press?
Is it because he is using legal loopholes to pack the judgeships and attorney-generals with partisan lackeys?
Is it because he's bombing the very guys that are the West's allies in the fight against ISIS?
Is it because he made a complicated situation more complicated by emboldening ISIS to topple Assad?




"9/11! 9/11! 9/11!"
"WMDs! WMDs! WMDs!"
"Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!"
"It's the fault of the West! It's the fault of the West! It's the fault of the West!"

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