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Exacting tribute
Apr 28^th, 2017 at 6:06am

In centuries gone by many nations & empires exacted tribute from enemies in return for not invading and laying waste to their territories. The Romans and other ancient regimes did it.

Today we hope the west has moved beyond the ancient and medieval. But the Turkish Muslim Caliphate has relearned the tactics of the past.

This year the EU will pay the final instalment of €3 billion in tribute in the hope that Turkey will withhold its horde of invaders to further lay waste to Europe.

But is Caliph Erdogan ever to be trusted.

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Know the enemies of a civil society by their public behaviour, by their fraudulent claim to be liberal-progressive, by their propensity to lie and, above all, by their attachment to authoritarianism.

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Re: Exacting tribute
Reply #1 - Apr 28^th, 2017 at 7:31am

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 28^th, 2017 at 6:06am:

In centuries gone by many nations & empires exacted tribute from enemies in return for not invading and laying waste to their territories. The Romans and other ancient regimes did it.

Today we hope the west has moved beyond the ancient and medieval. But the Turkish Muslim Caliphate has relearned the tactics of the past.

This year the EU will pay the final instalment of €3 billion in tribute in the hope that Turkey will withhold its horde of invaders to further lay waste to Europe.

But is Caliph Erdogan ever to be trusted.

LOL

I laugh, but i shouldn't, because it is essentially true!

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Exacting tribute Reply #2 - Apr 28^th, 2017 at 8:16am Erdogan has been successful so far, but he sure knows how to make enemies.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Exacting tribute Reply #3 - Apr 28^th, 2017 at 9:41am He will eventually build himself a palace more resplendent than the Ottoman Sultans, equipped with a Treasury where he can store his tribute over the years. It will have to be in gold & silver & precious jewels of course.
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