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As for ISIS, we know where they come from. We know who has used them in the past. We know their sectarianism leads to killings. Here the Turkish state, like its NATO bosses, has helped to create a monster that it now claims to oppose.

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Tariq Ali
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 21
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I think to compare Germany to the Third Reich is utterly ludicrous.
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The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States.
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The European Union is a union of the extreme center. It's a banker's union. You see how they operate in country after country, appointing technocrats to take over and run countries for long periods. They did it in Greece they did it in Italy they considered it in other parts of Europe.
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History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.
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I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution.
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We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.
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