[BeauBo]

I could make a strong case that Erdogan is emphatically lacking in personal honesty, and wants the throne for personal enrichment.

He has been repeatedly, publicly busted in widespread public corruption (smuggling oil from ISIS, busting Iranian sanctions, systematically scamming citizens of the wealth with corrupt judges, etc.). There is a big court case in New York over massive fraud, that he apparently led.

If it was the case that his good management is what led to the decade of relative prosperity, what has changed? His power to effectively manage is greater than ever.

[Zhang Fei]

“I could make a strong case that Erdogan is emphatically lacking in personal honesty, and wants the throne for personal enrichment.

He has been repeatedly, publicly busted in widespread public corruption (smuggling oil from ISIS, busting Iranian sanctions, systematically scamming citizens of the wealth with corrupt judges, etc.). There is a big court case in New York over massive fraud, that he apparently led.

If it was the case that his good management is what led to the decade of relative prosperity, what has changed? His power to effectively manage is greater than ever.”

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There are degrees of honesty and degrees of skill. Like a gold medal winner at the Special Olympics, Erdogan is more honest and more skillful than that competition. And that’s all it took to improve upon his predecessors’ sorry cumulative record. Even on the short bus, there are winners and losers.