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Re: putin takes on us exceptionalism

By: faul in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 27 Mar 14 3:02 PM | 51 view(s)
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"russia takes crimea, us took iraq."

or from a pink floyd song...

"Brezhnev took Afghanistan
Begin took Beirut
Galtieri took the Union Jack
and Maggie over lunch one day
took a cruiser with all hands
apparently to make him give it back....."

Why is the US different & why does the rest of
the world have to use it's currency.....i think
the G-20 are going to put a stop to itSmile

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putin takes on us exceptionalism
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Thu, 27 Mar 14 1:29 PM 		Msg. 15339 of 54959

russia takes crimea, us took iraq.

putin says, why is the us different?

it's an awkward question.

is the answer "exceptionalism"?

i think that's what putin thinks it is.

but it is hard to argue exceptionalism if you have lost your moral authority.

maybe out of the events in crimea comes a process which defines how and when intervention in a country's internal affairs is allowable.

different rules for different countries is not a good model.

iraq still echoes.

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