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The only problem is that this junta is beholden to the PRC, not the US.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:42:12 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

At this point the US itself is pretty beholden to the PRC. At any rate this is not about the US specifically. It's about free-market ideology and trans-national corporations. All very China-friendly.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:48:04 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

My friend who is doing ethnological work in southern Burma says that the ones who might be applying the Washington consensus are the opposition party, not necessarily the junta...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 06:32:58 PM EST
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