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2016 Postmortem

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Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
Sun Dec 20, 2015, 09:32 PM Dec 2015

This is a part of the world where the United States has tried to play two different approaches. [View all]

One, work with the tough men, the dictators, for our own benefit and promote democracy. That's a hard road to walk. But I think it's the right road for us to try to travel.


Is this really a sane approach to dealing with other nations. Do we really want to work with brutal dictators that oppress their people? Or should we try a different approach like sanctions and discouraging businesses to do business with oppressive regimes?
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