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Originally Posted by loquitur
MM, he was talking specifically about Arab countries - they simply refuse to recognize defeat, which as a cultural trait has certain positives, but the negative is that they refuse to draw lessons from setbacks. But you'll see how he handles that, if you read the article.
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It's very late and this thread isn't really the place to get into it, but I thoroughly disagree with his assessments.
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