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Modi is in a similar situation to Erdogan: time to decide whose side he is on.

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They've both been notable fence straddlers.

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True, but that tactic no longer works.

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Working with Indians and knowing their views on British colonialism, having a Westerner telling them what to do will ruffle the feathers.

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Agreed.

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'You're either with us or against us' is a false dichotomy almost always employed by dictators and bullies.

For example:

• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: "It is with absolute frankness that we speak of this struggle of the proletariat; each man must choose between joining our side or the other side. Any attempt to avoid taking sides in this issue must end in fiasco."

• Benito Mussolini declared in speeches across fascist Italy: "O con noi o contro di noi"—You're either with us or against us.

• Hillary Clinton said on 13 September 2001: "Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price."

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Same as "If you ain't part of the solution, you're part of the problem"

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