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ProudLib72

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4. Respectfully, I must disagree

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 11:43 PM

May 2017

Not that I wouldn't love to see them receive the same treatment they gave the protestors, but because doing so would send the wrong message. That may be the way they do things in Turkey under a despot. We need to show them that, in a democracy, we put people on trial and then sentence them accordingly. In this case, they can each serve twenty years hard labor.

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My hope is that Erdogan's bodyguards are met in Turkey by a group of US marines who have newly [View all] ProfessorPlum May 2017 OP

Oh you're just Plum outta your mind, but this is one of the prettiest visions I ever Leghorn21 May 2017 #1

Here are Erdogan's thugs in 2016 - Washington DC LeftInTX May 2017 #2

Erdogan and Company: Dawson Leery May 2017 #3

Respectfully, I must disagree ProudLib72 May 2017 #4

More realistically, I hope a less compromised administration identifies and PNGs everyone involved LeftyMom May 2017 #5