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campaign that you supported the opposition, you wanted to see an end to erdogan s rule after he s been in power for so long and have become more authoritarian over the years. the turkish people, they had a choice. they looked at their economy, which is misfiring very badly, and yet, they decided to stick with erdogan. i think i ve said that several times in the past that whenever i have a different view of what the turkish electorate s going to do, then erdogan, he seems to be right and i seem to be wrong. but don t forget turkey s a deeply polarised country. about 50% of the population do not like erdogan s regime. they were really keen on creating a new turkey that changed government and changed economic system. and erdogan has a very loyal base. part of it is because exactly the cultural issues. he liberated the more conservative, less educated, more anatolian parts of turkey. but also, he controlled state
in powerfor so long and have become more authoritarian over the years. the turkish people, they had a choice. they looked at their economy, which is misfiring very badly, and yet they decided to stick with erdogan. i think i ve said that several times in the past that whenever i have a different view of what the turkish electorate s going to do, then erdogan, he seems to be right and i seem to be wrong. but don t forget turkey s a deeply polarised country. about 50% of the population do not like erdogan s regime. they were really keen on creating a new turkey that changed government and changed economic system. and erdogan has a very loyal base. part of it is because exactly the cultural issues. he liberated the more conservative, less educated, more anatolian parts of turkey. but also, he controlled state resources and the media. turkey is still sort of a semi democracy but it s the weakest part of the democracies, that essentially all of tv
they were going to replace saddam hussein s regime. in the end they imposed a system that turned sectarian and ethnic groups against each other. in the years of chaos and violence that followed, hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed. no one knows how many exactly, as armed groups fought each other, fought the americans, and killed each other s civilians. much of mosul, and other cities, has been rebuilt. there are bright spots. as for the west, the americans and the british, the invaders, a lot of the world just laughs when they talk about peace or international law, because of what happened here. but what matters most