Posted on 07/27/2013 6:37:23 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, an outspoken supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi, lashed out at the European Union and others for failing to condemn strongly enough the killing of dozens in Cairo earlier on Saturday.
Security forces shot dead dozens of Mursi supporters on Saturday, days after the army called for a popular mandate to wipe out "violence and terrorism" following its removal of Egypt's first democratically government on July 3.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said she "deeply deplores" the deaths and called for a halt in violence.
But Erdogan, who has recently faced large street protests calling for his own government to quit, accused the EU of double standards for questioning the use of police teargas in Turkey but not the shooting deaths of protesters in Cairo.
"Those who were silent when Egypt's national will was massacred are silent again when people are massacred. What happened to the EU (and) European values, where are those who go around giving lessons in democracy?" Erdogan said in a speech to a group of businessmen in Istanbul in televised comments.
"Where is the United Nations? Where are those who created a brouhaha when Turkish police, in a completely justified and legitimate way, used water (cannon) and pepper spray now when there is a coup and a massacre in Egypt," he said.
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In 1968 riots broke out in large cities in America.
They would have stopped in a couple of hours if a strong force had met them. Instead they allowed theft and vandalism and destruction for days.
I’ve seen the pics of MB operatives wielding guns, so why would I not suspect this is the cause of the shootings? The MB are willing to sacrifice their own for the cause...
I’ve seen the pics of MB operatives wielding guns, so why would I not suspect this is the cause of the shootings? The MB are willing to sacrifice their own for the cause...
Don’t they know the plan is for the radicals to take over, to heck with democracy.
MO MORE AID! Let these animals kill each other...please.
Let’s hear it EU “Sorry bout dat”! How’s that Turkeys?
Thanks Tailgunner Joe.
Shut up Erdogan—you oughta be next! Erdogan the Muslim Brotherhood brotha....
Shall we talk about Armenia?
I’m sorry, what was it again that this nimrod said when mursi’s boys where killing Christians? Oh, that’s right. not a damn thing! Erdogan, please be so kind as to ASAP burn in hell.
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