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The ‘Failed State’ Boogeyman

Posted: 19 July 2010 by Editors in Political Science, Somalia
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Highlighting U.S. intervention in the further destruction of Somalia and as Ugandans mourn a terrorist attack from Somali militants and Fareed Zakaria noting the non-threat of ‘failed states’ and the imminent blowback induced by the failed missions of nation building.

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Allegations Federal Reserve Financed Saddam Not ‘Bizarre’ as Bernanke Asserts

Posted: 27 February 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political Science
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Robert Bridge at Russia Today refutes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calling Rep. Ron Paul’s allegations the organization financed Iraq’s arms acquisitions to commit atrocities ‘bizarre’ (5:31):