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		Condoleezza Rice secretary of state 19 September 2008 "We cannot afford to validate the prejudices that some Russian leaders seem to have: that if you pressure free nations enough -- if you bully, and threaten, and lash out -- we will cave in, and forget, and eventually concede," she said. and this from the country that brought you: Banana republics Opium wars and Gunboat diplomacy Taming the Wild West Have your cake and eat it too: Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 - Cuban missile bases good says Kruschev. JFK is upset. distance Havana - Washington DC = 1,825 km 2008 - Turkish missile defense system good says Bush Russia is upset. distance Istanbul - Moscow 1,755 km distance Istanbul - Teheran = 2040 km OK, so you think politicians are crooks, just like lawyers. Come to think of it, most politicians are lawyers. So what? The real nightmare would be if nobody wanted the job.
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