> In any case, U.S power in Mexico is explained by proximity; in Japan
> and Korea, by the residue of earlier wars; and India, well, just how
> much power does the U.S. have in India? How could you extend this to
> Iran? Yeah, the U.S. destroyed Iraq, but it can't really rule it.
Egypt? Used to be Public Enemy Number Two or Three, and if it isn't a client state now, what would you call it? Surely that's a fine model for the reduction of a recalcitrant state to a docile one.
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