Harmonious Understatement Award

Mehmet Ali Birand

This from The New Yorker (April 9, 2007):

“At first, public opinion favored the war. But, when the Americans fucked up, that changed. Now the Turks are furious — with themselves as well. They think, How could we do this?”

Mehmet Ali Birand, nightly news anchor on Turkish television

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