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Rex

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3. Sounds like Egypt. Military dictators just cannot let go of power so easily.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 05:52 PM

Jul 2016

I guess that is why Kim in NK kills one off ever year just to keep the other brass in line. Dictatorships, they really do suck as advertised.

So Turkey elected this guy, is there any kind of no-confidence vote or do we go straight to martial law?

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Aftermath of Turkey coup attempt will be bloody and repressive [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

He is now just making himself all but a dictator Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #1

Poor fool malaise Jul 2016 #2

Sounds like Egypt. Military dictators just cannot let go of power so easily. Rex Jul 2016 #3

Yep malaise Jul 2016 #4