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-1 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 23 November 2015 01:47AM

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 23 November 2015 11:51:46PM -1 points [-]

That's not nationbuilding. That's just old Western powers keeping their former colonies from disintegrating into failed states.

If France and the UK do that to their former colonies in Syria and Iraq, it'll be a significant improvement over the status quo.

Comment author: Lumifer 24 November 2015 01:01:57AM 0 points [-]

Maybe yes, maybe no, but they are probably not able and certainly not willing.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 25 November 2015 01:55:01AM 1 point [-]

How about a rationalist article encouraging them to become willing rather than the "let's not alienate muslims" idiocy Gleb wrote?

Comment author: Lumifer 25 November 2015 03:18:52AM 0 points [-]

Encourage who? M.Hollande? X-)

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