PETER HITCHENS: If a tyrant so brutal he could pass for Putin's twin brother can host a Nato summit, just what does this flawed alliance stand for?

The holding of a Nato summit in Ankara is so ridiculous that nobody dares say how absurd and insulting it is. For Ankara is not a democratic city on the side of freedom and peace.


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