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strongmen. Less than 10 years before he ordered the 2008 invasion of Georgia in order to "protect" the separatist South Ossetians, he "solved" the Chechnya problem by ordering the scorched-earth obliteration of its capital, Grozny, where more civilians were killed than at Sreberniza and Homs combined.
m all directions for an accelerated U.S. and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. Fears of a negotiated strategic agreement between Washington and the Karzai government allowing a residual presence of foreign forces would disappear. Opportunities for Iran to expand its already extensive political and eco
strongmen. Less than 10 years before he ordered the 2008 invasion of Georgia in order to "protect" the separatist South Ossetians, he "solved" the Chechnya problem by ordering the scorched-earth obliteration of its capital, Grozny, where more civilians were killed than at Sreberniza and Horns combined
m all directions for an accelerated U.S. and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. Fears of a negotiated strategic agreement between Washington and the Karzai government allowing a residual presence of foreign forces would disappear. Opportunities for Iran to expand its already extensive political and ec
ot defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve signi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030039 →ests. The current U.S. counterinsurgency strategy appears likely to fail. Washington and its allies will not defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve significantly. The Afghan National Army cannot take over combat missions from the U.S. in southern and ea
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030039 →hat foreigners have the right to intervene to prevent human rights abuses in a sovereign nation. The same goes for the Russians, with their record in Chechnya. India, Brazil and South Africa are democratic countries with no need for a contingency plan to shoot their own citizens. But their colonial historie
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030043 →Entities connected to both Chechnya and Hamid Karzai

Bill Clinton
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Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Stephen Hawking
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Prince Andrew
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Jeffrey Epstein
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George Mitchell
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Marc Rich
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Yemen
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Vladimir Putin
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Robert Gates
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