Ralph Peters doesn’t pull any punches in his analysis of Turkey’s referendum, explaining how Erdogan didn’t win yesterday, but rather stole the election – and he’s not just talking about the unstamped ballots.
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He makes a great point about Erdogan’s patience in getting to this point. Let me remind you of something the King of Jordan said which is very similar to what Peter’s said in this interview:
Abdullah is wary of Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, whose Justice and Development Party is, he believes, merely promoting a softer-edged version of Islamism. (“Erdogan once said that democracy for him is a bus ride,” Abdullah reports. “ ‘Once I get to my stop, I’m getting off.’ ”)
Erdogan got off the ‘democracy’ bus yesterday and now Turkey is not only officially under the rule of megalomaniac, but they just gave him immense power.
The second half of Peter’s interview is on France. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to their election, you should definitely watch it.