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" Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences. "
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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" The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void. "
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