... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...appears to be learning that even in the complex and inherently paranoid environment of international relations one fixed principal remains that can also be applied to basic relations between individuals ‐ saying mean things makes you enemies and saying nice things makes you friends.
Almost two weeks ago, Erdogan ‐ speaking before
Indeed, the
The statement came after most of 2017 witnessed Erdogan slander European leaders as fascist
...anybody not a leftist...s of their lack of interest in conducting their own nations’ internal affairs according to how he thought they should be conducted.
As far as fair play in politics goes, there is nothing immoral with criticizing the leaderships of other nations (even over domestic matters), however it can make one very undesirable to be allies with when they mean things at the same time as asking for privileges ‐ in Erdogan’s case, European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
membership.
Whether the
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
’s long overdue re-rapprochement with Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
is yet to be seen.