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Blogs Liberty and Power Russia’s Models: Gens. Park & Pinochet

Mar 22, 2004

Russia’s Models: Gens. Park & Pinochet

by Liberty and Power

Perhaps America’s Neocon policymakers will be happy to learn that their nation-building in Russia has born fruit since Putin’s models appear to be those heroic US-approved Generals, Park of So. Korea (I was there on a Fulbright when some of the protests against him erupted) and Pinochet of Chile. To read Eric Margolis’ column on this click here.