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After Iran's shock, there's a question Beijing cannot avoid (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd be very curious about what "we become the Ottoman Empire" means when used by you!

That sounds like a phrase that can have fifteen different meanings depending on who's saying it.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

In this case, I'm referring to the description it had during and before WW1, "the sick man of Europe." I'm not 100% clear on what happened, but it was collapsing on itself, and wound up fracturing.

And I see your point, since I didn't specify a time period. For a while, they were serous badasses.