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" World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the Far East. "
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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" Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively. "
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