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The Four Musketeers: Khamenei, Netanyahu, Putin and Erdogan

By Alon Ben-Meir - posted Wednesday, 26 November 2014


Tayyip: Listen, God has always been kind to me. I am just like Ali, I do in my country what I please and everyone thinks that I am Turkey's savior. Look, I tripled the economy in my country in less than ten years. Am I not entitled to skim a few million here and there and make sure that my kids benefit from my sacrifices for my country?

Vladimir: Poor thing, I feel for you. Who the heck do you think you are talking to, don't you think we know better?

Ali: Listen Vlad, you won't get anywhere with Tayyip, I gave up on him a long time ago. But now I am not going to let you off the hook, Bibi. Don't tell me, Mr. Netanyahu, that you are clean and have not stolen any money to spend on your puppet master wife; she will kill you if you lose your job and stop spending money on her.

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Bibi: Sure, I spend money on my wife, but remember she is always by my side, so once in a while we bend the rules and charge the government for a few things here and there. Well, a few of my ministers were charged with corruption, but that's normal. Anyway, right now I am busy expanding the settlements and trying to pass a bill that recognizes Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people - who cares about corruption?

Ali: That's really how you are going to calm the Middle East, Bibi? But let me just get back to the money situation. Did you mean Bibi, that you steal money only under the table, just like my dear comrade here Vlad?

Vladimir: Wait a minute Ali, I never said I steal under the table. I don't really have to hide anything, that's the beauty about my country, Russia the Great.

Ali: Listen guys, I thought we could have a civilized chat and solve some of the pressing problems in our neighborhood, but we don't seem to see eye to eye. But then if we did, well, it would be worse - how else will we be staying in power?

Vladimir: You said it man, I know my partners here agree with me.

Bibi: Well, at least we agree on something.

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Tayyip: Hey, maybe we should meet again soon.

Ali: Don't be a fool, people will start thinking that we are conspiring just to stay in power.

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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU. He teaches courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies.

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