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Chas Freeman will straighten this out
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I had heard even Francis Fukuyama is reformed
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Well. At least Mitch McConnell is on his way out. Graham does not have a rich wife though.

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It is a good thing they saw that coming.

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Technically, China is to the West of America. Europe is East of America. India and China and Japan are to the east of Europe.
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I am at risk of becoming grudgingly optimistic.
Or at least vicariously optimistic.
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“What this means, I don’t likely know” - Mr.Feeple, Ninja High School, by Ben Dunn.


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They explain the Olympic controversies
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If you do not have credibility, you should at least have power and funding.

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It is a handicap to regard China as a Communist country.
They are a Capitalist country with a Confucian cultural heritage. Technically, they also are more Democratic than when they were ruled by an emperor.

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Chas Freeman will straighten this out
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He does not like Lindsey Graham either
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“I like Germany. It’s clean. Everyone is smart”


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I had previously joked that John Mearsheimer was more palatable to the mainstream than Andrew Bacevich. Because Mearsheimer’s views are more conducive to The Budget.

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