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10 hours ago ago from Demockracy Politics & Policy
by James Mutti, Contributing Editor close Author: James Mutti, Contributing Editor Name : James Mutti Email: jcmutti40@yahoo.com Site: http:// About: James Mutti has a Master’s degree in International Studies with a focus on South Asia from the University of Washington and a BA in History with honors in Latin American Studies from Knox College. He spent 2007 in India on a Fulbright Fellowship studying the media and elections. He also ...
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Filling in today is JBdotC Senior Foreign Policy Correspondent Dacia Nichol. The original piece can be read here . The last best hope for America apparently only lies within corrupt government officials and legal systems that fly in the face of Western values. Afghan President Hamid Karzai seems to be happy to acknowledge something that we are hesitant to admit to ourselves: we are locked into a permanent relationship with Afghanistan, ...
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