"....The other great disaster would be the exclusion of Turkey from the EU. Whether or not Angela Merkel emerges as chancellor, her stance against Turkey is a disgrace, in Germany of all countries. It will not diminish the supply of death-cult bombers if fortress Christendom pulls up the drawbridge. Nothing would expose the empty hypocrisy of western democracy and tolerance more than if Turkey painfully hauled itself into line on human rights, only to be refused. What more would Muslims need to confirm we are indeed civilisations at war?"
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