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The withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops and dependents from Germany since 1991 is described by historians as 'the biggest pullout ever by an army not defeated in battle.'
Stephen Kinzer
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The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.
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If a leader comes to office in a seemingly fair election and tolerates dissent, he or she qualifies for our seal of approval.
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Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America's pro-Israel militancy.
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My general view is the delivery of news is changing in dramatic ways, and will continue to change into ways we can't even predict.
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At the end of the day, there is still one function of journalism that cannot be computerized, and that is reporters. You're always going to need reporters.
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Americans overthrew governments only when economic interests coincided with ideological ones.
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In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years, but many were already unhappy and restive.
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No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they had not been confronted with civil war.
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Iranians launched their constitutional revolution in 1906 and established their parliament soon afterward.
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Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.
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The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.
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