Where pragmatism goes to die

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Author(s) Rod Dreher
Source The Dallas Morning News
Date August 24, 2008
URL http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_24edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d7b342.html
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Quotes-start.png "You don't have to find Vladimir Putin a sympathetic figure to appreciate what the world looks like from a Russian point of view. Imagine that America had lost the Cold War and gone through a decade of economic and social collapse. During this time, a victorious Soviet Union had brought several Central American nations into the Warsaw Pact and was trying to fast-track Mexico's entry. Would we feel threatened?" Quotes-end.png


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