Turkish Prime Minister: Israel Has ‘Surpassed What Hitler Did To Them’

[Tender Branson]

WASHINGTON (CBS DC/AP) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ridiculed Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, accusing the Israeli government of “barbarism that surpasses Hitler.”

Speaking at a political re-election rally in the Turkish city of Ordu, Turkey’s prime minister said that Israel has “surpassed what Hitler did to them” and declared the country a “terrorist state.”

“[Israelis] have no conscience, no honor, no pride. Those who condemn Hitler day and night have surpassed Hitler in barbarism,” said Erdoğan. He accused Israel of rejecting ceasefires that Hamas has proposed and “spitting death, spitting blood.”

Erdogan reiterated his opposition to Israel’s operations in the Gaza Strip and said that the Israel Defense Forces have had a “disproportionate” effect and will end any positive relations between Israel and Turkey. Despite the climbing death toll of Palestinians – with nearly 800 killed during the most recent Israeli offensive in Gaza – Erdogan said that the Turkish people should not take out their frustrations on Turkey’s own Jewish community.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/turkish-prime-minister-israel-has-surpassed-what-hitler-did-to-them

Fascist, antisemitic vote-mongering assh*le !

[Cassius]

Snowstalker is Erdogan's speech writer? Does it pay well?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Erdogan remains a dick. News at 11.

[Middle-aged Europe]

[Lief 🗽]

Erdogan has been a huge FF on the Israel issue for a while now.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

[Хahar 🤔]

Fascist, antisemitic vote-mongering assh*le !

Don't worry, Tender, you've made it clear plenty of times that you don't like Turkey.

[Lief 🗽]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

Obviously it's hyperbolic and over the top, but everything about his comments besides "surpassed Hitler" is accurate (or a rhetorical flourish, before you point out that the IDF isn't literally spitting blood).

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

Obviously it's hyperbolic and over the top, but everything about his comments besides "surpassed Hitler" is accurate (or a rhetorical flourish, before you point out that the IDF isn't literally spitting blood).

'Everything about his comments besides 'surpassed Hitler'' is sort of...

[Indy Texas]

Comparing things to Hitler is one of the least successful rhetorical strategies a politician can possibly embark on.

[Cory]

What a silly thing to say. A simple glance at the numbers and methodologies of the Holocaust makes any comparison to that and the situation in Palestine patently absurd. Erdogan should just drop all this "Neo-Ottoman" nonsense while he can. It's getting silly.

It's amazing how quickly things can turn around. For a while I though Erdogan was going to be a major statesman of the early 21st century but the whole thing just went to hell in a handbasket. It looks like Saudi Arabia will remain the premier Sunni power.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Erdogan needs to be infracted for excessive hyperbole.  It's because of idiots like him that Israelis have been able to sweep under the rug the legitimate criticisms of their acts.

[Tender Branson]

Fascist, antisemitic vote-mongering assh*le !

Don't worry, Tender, you've made it clear plenty of times that you don't like Turkey.

I have never said such a thing.

I have often attacked Erdogan and his Islamo-Fascist cronies though - similar to how I attacked Putin.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

It's amazing how quickly things can turn around. For a while I though Erdogan was going to be a major statesman of the early 21st century but the whole thing just went to hell in a handbasket. It looks like Saudi Arabia will remain the premier Sunni power.

I never saw Erdogan as anything more than another Chavez-esque troll. A statesman of any type coming from the Middle East is less likely than Atlas's own Statesman DW Perry being elected to the Presidency.

[Simfan34]

This is a silly thing to say, and the fact Lief likes it is even sillier.

[ingemann]

It's amazing how quickly things can turn around. For a while I though Erdogan was going to be a major statesman of the early 21st century but the whole thing just went to hell in a handbasket. It looks like Saudi Arabia will remain the premier Sunni power.

I never saw Erdogan as anything more than another Chavez-esque troll. A statesman of any type coming from the Middle East is less likely than Atlas's own Statesman DW Perry being elected to the Presidency.

You're wrong, Erdogan are much more, he has caused one of the biggest economic boom in Turkish history, he have made the first step to a peace with the Kurds.

Of course sadly the fact that he's fundamental a anti-democratic fundamentalistic strongman with no tact, loyalty and the diplomatic talent of rabid dog have caused other problems.

[Hifly]

You naughty boy.

[ingemann]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

Are you Jewish by any chance?

Around 1/3 of all Jews was killed in the Holocaust, we can think what we will about Israel and their behaviour, but it's nonsence to compare it to Holocaust. Not only that but the hyperbole also result in the Israeli behaviour seem more legitimate, because it focus the attention on when the Jews was the victims in something worse than they do to the Palestinians.

[Simfan34]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

Are you Jewish by any chance?

I'm confused, lean ban.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Think he's an FF if you like, but implying that this particular remark is a Freedom Statement or an in any way reasonable, accurate, or acceptable one is absolute nonsense.

Are you Jewish by any chance?

I'm confused, lean ban.

Posted that during my Hifly-blubbing.

[Gustaf]

Erdogan has been a huge FF on the Israel issue for a while now.

I see Lief's anti-semitism is well and alive. Do you still support hunting down and murdering all the Jews?

[Silent Hunter]

Meanwhile, culprits in a real genocide have been jailed for life.