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High life

You can't make friends with Uncle Sam and survive for long

The record of American-backed rulers in the Middle East makes Putin look good

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

Can somebody tell me when America last got it right? Uncle Sam’s track record in selecting leaders in faraway places reminds me very much of my own where libel is concerned: plaintiffs 5; Taki 0. Let’s see, the good Uncle overthrew Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran back in the early 1950s in order for the Shah to become his man in Persia.

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