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POLITICAL ESSAYS
Really, Why Bother - Part 3
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In my June 29th "Really, Why
Bother?" essay, I specifical-
ly asked:
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"REALLY, WHY SHOULD ANY SELF-
RESPECTING STATE BOTHER WITH
ABSURDISTAN, DC ?
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"There's email."
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--If necessary, interregional
email.
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July 20, 2005
Associated Press
Putin Assails Non-Russia Gov't
Groups
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Even NASA rocket scientists can
tell that "certain [= primarily
The Superpower's] foreign groups
were [? are!] paying for specif-
ic [= destabilizing] political
activities in Russia."
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AP quotes Putin:
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"Not a single, self-respecting
country will allow that, and
neither will we.
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"Let us solve our internal pro-
blems ourselves."
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REALLY, WHY SHOULD ANY SELF-
RESPECTING STATE BOTHER WITH
ABSURDISTAN, DC --especially
with its "nongovernmental"
(howdy, i'm absurdistan jr)
incarnations?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...2000780_pf.html
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See:
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Sarah L Henderson
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Building Democracy in Contem-
porary Russia: Western Support
For Grassroots Organizations
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Cornell University Press
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2003
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ISBN 0 8014 4135 8 hardback
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229+ pages
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