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2013-06-06 The Grand Turk

Turkey 'Not a Second-Class Democracy', Ankara Tells U.S.

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Posted by Fred 2013-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 As a member state of the OIC Turkey, along with other allies like e.g. liberated Afghanistan and Egypt has officially committed itself to the abolition of Western Democracy in all Western nations.

In fact Turkey (and liberated Afghanistan, Egypt etc) does not even recognize Western nations as sovereign entities.

This complaint doesn't make sense at all.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-06-06 04:47|| 2013-06-06 04:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Closer to Steerage than 2nd Class.

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-06 04:52|| 2013-06-06 04:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Turkey 'Not a Second-Class Democracy', Ankara Tells U.S. [which is currently operating a 'Chicago Democracy' working its way to a Peoples Democratic Republic sort of democracy].

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-06 09:29|| 2013-06-06 09:29|| Front Page Top

The diplomat added that the foreign minister told Kerry the protests were not "extraordinary", comparing them to the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprang up in the United States in 2011.

The Turks aren't crapping in the streets, and we didn't hose the Occutards down with pepper spray.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2013-06-06 14:15|| 2013-06-06 14:15|| Front Page Top

#5 "and we didn't hose the Occutards down with pepper spray"

More's the pity, Rob. :-(

Posted by Barbara 2013-06-06 14:25|| 2013-06-06 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Turkey 'not a second-class democracy', Ankara tells U.S.

Third-class? Proto-Theocracy? You provide the terms and we'll use them.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-06-06 14:48|| 2013-06-06 14:48|| Front Page Top

#7 they, like we, are not a Democracy. We are arepresentative reublic, no? They...

are f'd up

Posted by Frank G 2013-06-06 20:18|| 2013-06-06 20:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Well there was that one incident when the students surrounded that troop of police and did their best metrogaullic chanting, then a group of pre selects nicely lined up for those mean ol'e coppers to spray weaponized fanta on them.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-06-06 20:21|| 2013-06-06 20:21|| Front Page Top

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