The Limits of American Power, Idealism


	The Limits of American Power, Idealism

Gul Agha

7-22-2009 8:35 PM

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usa, human rights, afghanistan, obama, foreign policy

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Reality strikes the new administration, forcing it to do the same old, same old..

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