1 of 1- Just Fred
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Holy Crap!
So this is how authoritarian leaders speak to children:
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for telling a small girl dressed in a military uniform that she would be honored if she were "martyred" for Turkey.
Erdogan spotted the weeping-and-saluting 6-year-old Amine Tiras while delivering a speech at his ruling party's congress in the city of Kahramanmaras on Saturday, and had her brought on stage.
After trying to comfort the girl by kissing her on both cheeks, Erdogan told the crowd: "She has the Turkish flag in her pocket. If she becomes a martyr, God willing, this flag will be draped on her."
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Re: Holy Crap!
If only the world's leaders would embrace life instead of death.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
- tennyson
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Re: Holy Crap!
The "democracy" under Erdogan has basically been squashed by his authoritarianism as well as his bans on much of the free press.
Sound familiar ?
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"