What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability.
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During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
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Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry.
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Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.
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Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia, established the Ottoman Empire and ruled for centuries over large swaths of Europe and Asia are the subject of countless legends, poems and books.
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Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.
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