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Entries by Eric Margolis from 09/2009

Muammar Qadaffi -- The Great Survivor

| Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
Read More: Libya, Britain, Ronald Reagan, France, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Lockerbie, Sdece, Pan Am 103, Scotland, Iran, Navy, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Vincennes, Benghazi, Politics News

Rather than the "mad dog" he was called by Reagan, Muammar Qaddafi is far better described as a cross between a cat with nine lives and a sly fox.

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Time to Face the Truth About World War II

| Posted 09.10.2009 | World
Read More: Red-Army, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, World War II, Ribbentrop-Molotov, Ussr, World News

Medvedev claimed Stalin saved Europe from Hitler. But the facts tell us a different story. Stalin was an even worse mass murderer than Hitler by a factor of three or four.

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Dangerous Intrigues in Istanbul

| Posted 09.15.2009 | World
Read More: Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey Floods, European Union, Ergenekon, Turkey Trial, Ataturk, Turkish Muslisms, Istanbul-Floods, World News

Thirty-three members of a neo-fascist group called Ergenekon have been on trial, accused of murder, terrorism, and trying to overthrow the elected government.

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The Ghosts of Vietnam Haunt Washington

| Posted 09.23.2009 | World
Read More: Stlaney McChrystal, Military, War in Vietnam, Moscow, Osama Bin Laden, Vietnam War, Mullah Omar, Taliban, Congress, Mike Mullen, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Tet Offensive, World News

The American general Stanley McChrystal's news that America risks losing Afghanistan is a bombshell. Washington has spent some $250 billion there since 2001.

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Remembering China's Great Helmsman

| Posted 09.29.2009 | World
Read More: China-60th-Anniversary, Mao Zedong, Beijing, Chairman Mao, China, Deng-Xiaoping-China, World News

The Great Helmsman united fractured, war-torn China, restoring its pride and self-confidence after two centuries of humiliation.

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