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It might seem strange, to an American, for these protesters to imply that the U.S. as a whole and Obama personally are responsible for what was surely a low-level decision by U.S. law-enforcement officials to strip-search Khobragade.
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Really? I think that's about how we would react if everything was reversed.
 
mrquincy
..and on the World Views side.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/19/these-photos-of-a-very-strange-anti-u-s-protest-in-india-speak-volumes/
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Interesting though. Thoughts?

Labor is so unbelievably cheap in India, I'm sure the idea of paying a maid $12 an hour is outrageous to them. Still, you can't think that lying on your visa is a wise thing to do. Not a peep from anyone in India about the possible poor treatment of the maid. Caste system, I guess.
 
an excerpt from an article I had to read to inform myself RJ;

http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21591897-under-its-current-government-ukraine-may-be-prize-not-worth-winning-putins-expensive-victory


Putin’s expensive victory

Under its current government, Ukraine may be a prize not worth winning

ANOTHER victory for Vladimir Putin, another defeat for the West. That is how the outcome of the battle for Ukraine, the country between Russia and the European Union, is being portrayed in Moscow and in many Western capitals.

On December 17th, after a meeting between Mr Putin and Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s president, Russia agreed to lend Ukraine $15 billion and to slash the gas price from $400 to $268 per thousand cubic metres, as a reward for Mr Yanukovych’s ditching of an association agreement with the EU. Unsurprisingly, the mix of money and political cover for theft and violence proved more enticing to Mr Yanukovych than the EU offer of the rule of law, free trade, competition and reform.


Yet look closer, and Mr Putin’s victory and Europe’s loss seem less obvious. Probably Mr Yanukovych never intended to sign an agreement with the EU—certainly not without being paid for it. By keeping up the pretence, he was able to bargain with Mr Putin, who has now agreed to provide money without Mr Yanukovych having signed a deal to join his Eurasian customs union.
 
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