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The Oslo Accords show how the United States treats the Gaza Strip and West Bank as one area. The quotes criticize how the U.S. often ignores smaller nations facing a powerful opponent. They also mention a law that deals with war crimes and how the U.S. shields its own forces from outside threats.

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If the United States loses the economic weapons of control, it is very much weakened.

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NATO's essentially run by the United States.

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The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance.

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The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world.

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Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States.

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The United States is off the international spectrum in religious extremism.

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Parts of the United States are taking on a Third World look.

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When Nazi emissaries came to the United States, they were welcomed at Harvard.

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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United…

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The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.

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Yes, and Syrians. There is a horrible crisis there and the United States has admitted virtually none of the refugees.

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The United States happens to be the only state in the world that has been condemned by the World Court for international…

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In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second…

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If you do a Google search, you will probably read a lot of stuff about how I am someone who wants to…

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In the United States, the political system is a very marginal affair. There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of…

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The major organizing centers, like the labor movement, have been severely weakened in the United States by policy.

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Globalization is the result of powerful governments, especially that of the United States, pushing trade deals and other accords down the throats…

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Take Germany and Japan, both defeated in the Second World War. Germany has acknowledged its monstrous crimes to a certain extent, has…

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To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton…

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Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States.…

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The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The…

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There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves…

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Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true…

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In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in…

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China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering…

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The Second World War ended with a radicalization of the population in the United States and everywhere else, and called for all…

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In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the…

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To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton…

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If there had been a charismatic figure in the United States who could mobilize fears, anger, racism, a sense of loss of…

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Actually, the phrase "national security" is barely used until the 1930s. And there's a reason. By then, the United States was beginning…

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If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they…

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It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of…

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“For example, take George McGovern [1972 Presidential candidate who campaigned on an anti-war platform]. George McGovern did not support the invasion of…

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“Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be…

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“In effect, the large bureaucracies of the powerful subsidize the mass media, and gain special access by their contribution to reducing the…

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“Among the many symbols used to frighten and manipulate the populace of the democratic states, few have been more important than "terror"…

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“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian…

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“It's amazing in Europe: Europe has become extraordinarily colonized culturally by the United States, to an extent that is almost unbelievable―Europeans aren't…

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“Take Canada again: why does Canada have the health-care program it does? Up until the mid-1960s, Canada and the United States had…

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“Or I remember in 1987, when there was a big hoopla about the bicentennial of the Constitution, the Boston Globe published one…

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