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#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East

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Is Russia a Superpower?

The image of Russia as an evil polity was formed in the Cold War. The Clinton folks wanted to make sure that American power would be unmatched, and they looked to Russia as a recession power well before Putin was even thought of. Condoleezza Rice came into power with George W. Bush thinking that, you know, the foreign policy challenges of her era would be those of the past.

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