Doug’s Dynamic Drivel

Sami Ramadani has a devastating article in today’s Guardian that compares yesterday’s election in Iraq to the elections held in South Vietnam back in 1967. The spin surrounding them and the circumstances of both elections are eerily similar. No wonder I’ve been having this odd sense of déjà vu lately.
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Even though it is an urban legend that’s been circulating for at least five years under different guises, it’s still damned funny and truly strikes a chord with anyone who has ever had to deal with a bank’s arrogance and bureaucracy, which is pretty much everyone.
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