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Igel

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3. Part of the Libya success.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:12 PM

Dec 2012

We traded in two fairly despotic countries for a country that is a bit ramshackle but offers hope (and oil) and a split country that is entirely ramshackle and offers irritation.

As long as we treat them as entirely unconnected results, it's okay, I guess.

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