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Old 08-22-2005, 03:44 PM   #313
Undertoad
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The model used by Hussein, the Iranians, and Kim Jung Il is Stalin. It got that way partly through the USSR's propping-up of dictators, which gave them great standing in the region.

In the latter half of the last decade we fought Stalinism through the cold war. It required a remarkable buildup of nuclear weapons and spending on military items.
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