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"The first step was to select a suitably distasteful would-be client. Given that my first pick, North Korea, seemed too reviled to be credible, I settled on the only slightly less Stalinist regime of Turkmenistan."

"The news here is that these "Washington lobbyists for Arab nations find themselves in a precarious spot, as they try to stay a step ahead of the fast-changing events without being seen as aiding despots and dictators." Which is, of course, precisely what they do."

Lobbying for Dictators a 'Precarious,' 'Uneasy' Business.
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The Orginal 2007 Ken Silverstein / Harper's Article...
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