Ronald Reagan brough Mobutu to Washington and called him a "a voice of good sense and goodwill."
got anything else?
The thing to realize is that it has been a charade for all of your lifetime...and mine. Who can say when it was real.
Therefore any and all reaction is facile. Sham. Sorry, but there is no going back.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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