Here's just one reason why that medieval anachronism was undeserving of any accolade:
Or as Philip put it in a comment to Alfredo Stroessner, the Paraguayan dictator who turned his country into a sanctuary for escaped Nazis: "It's a pleasure to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people."
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