These so-called devout Islamist rulers make me ill. Their vanity and material greed certainly exceed their professed religious faith.
I think people misread Erdogan. He’s not really an Islamic enthusiast.....he simply uses them as part of his overall strategy. When you look at the background, he’s into crony-capitalism. He helps to manufacture deals, which benefit friends and associates. He’s been doing this since the late 90’s when he was mayor of Istanbul.
Most everything he does....has some element of capitalism and corruption tied to it. If you look at some of the 20,000 he has arrested or fired over the past four days....there’s a large number of finance ministry audit and accountant folks. He’ll flip his own people into the positions and redouble efforts on his cronyism strategy.
for a moment I thought this was about BHO and Moochelle and their extravagant trips...
My mother used to say, pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered. Putin is one of, if not the, richest man in Europe. The Clintons have amassed over $200,000,000 since leaving the White House. True, most of it is in their “foundation” but they simply write checks from the foundation to cover their expenses. I read they bought their New York house with a check from the foundation. Thought that was illegal. (Oh, wait, laws are for little people.)
Am I the only one who saw this, read the first few lines, and assumed it was the current occupants of the White House they were talking about?
What’s the big deal? They sound like your typical Socialist couple.
But is she finally proud of her country?
My God!
Reading the headline, my first thought was,
What set the Daily Mail after Barack and Michelle?
Then I read the first paragraph and realised that it was only
Recep and Emine Erdogan.
But I did learn something. Washington and Ankara are really not all that different. Are they?
Erdogan is also a rabid antisemite hater of Israel. He’s earning some divine curses points along the way.
I figured this was about Obama.
Silly me; when I saw the title, I thought the article was about Obama.
From the title I thought it was going to be about the Obama’s. Of course there really is not much difference between the two Presidents, LOL.
Love the guards to his private palace.
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