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Streetcars Named Deception

Published May 31, 2016by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

by Paul R. Pillar The repeated indicators of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian tendencies bring to mind that Erdogan once said, “Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.” With a statement like… Continue Reading  

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Analysis, Turkey autocracy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Churchill, democracy, Hitler, hungary, Israel, McGeorge Bundy, Paul Pillar, Plato, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Vietnam, viktor orban

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