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0 pointsg8oz1mo ago0 comments

Extensive domestic economic control by security forces is also a feature of Egypt and Pakistan. America does not complain about those examples of course, because those countries bend the knee.

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logicchains1mo ago

Those countries, like Iran, are also quite poor because the army siphons off so much of their resources.

LtWorf1mo ago

And it seems that they did in fact need that army.

AnimalMuppet1mo ago

If by "bend the knee" you mean that they don't regularly chant "death to America", sure.

ajsnigrutin1mo ago

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bdangubic1mo ago

A lot more than 1/2 the world, a lot more...

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